Taiwan this week is hosting the governor of Guam, the U.S. Pacific territory
that would almost certainly be a key player in any Chinese military moves
against Taiwan.

Lourd(v)es Leon Guerrero is making her first trip to the island since taking
office in 2019.

Military planners usually include Guam in their war gaming due to the large
amount of U.S. troops and hardware it hosts.

Though Taiwan and the U.S. have no military treaties or diplomatic ties,
Washington is expected to respond to any Chinese attack and use Guam as a
staging point for many of those operations.

Guam, located east of the Philippines, hosts about 9,700 members of all main
branches of the U.S. military.

Guerrero arrived in Taiwan on Sunday and is due to stay through Saturday. She
is scheduled to meet with President Lai Ching-te and Foreign Minister Lin
Chia-lung and several local mayors.

(AP)