China Threatens To DESTROY US Troops In Taiwan, Say Deployment An Act Of War, Starts LIVE Fire Drill. The Threat was made based on an incorrect tweet by Senator Cornyn claiming the US had 30,000 troops in Taiwan. The US in fact does have a small number of US troops but not anywhere near 30,000 Chinese media however said they did not view it as an error but as a provocation and any such deployment would be an act of war against China. Cornyn’s tweet was quickly deleted but China also made more threats against Taiwan saying that the US and Biden’s failure in Afghanistan is proof the US can not defend Taiwan.