Walter Lohman, director of the Asian Studies Center at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, told the Marine Corps Times that while the move would probably chafe the Chinese, “it just shouldn’t be a big deal.”
“If it’s OK to have Marine guards in Hong Kong in our consulate there, there shouldn’t be any problem with this,” he said.
Attempts by the Taipei Times to obtain a response from the US Marine Corps were not successful.
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