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US Preparing Evacuation Plans for American Citizens in Taiwan - Reports

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The United States has been planning a potential evacuation of its citizens from Taiwan over the past six months amid heightened tensions over the island between Washington and Beijing, media reported on Monday citing three US officials.
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Among the reasons for starting the preparations, American intelligence officials also cite the conflict in Ukraine, as well as the rapprochement between Russia and China.
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"It’s nothing you wouldn’t read in the news," a senior intelligence official was quoted as saying. "Forces building up."
As of 2019, as many as 80,000 American nationals were living in Taiwan in 2019.
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