Ah, high level trip that could stir things up with China.

啊，高層出訪，可以攪亂中國的事情。

Taiwan is a democratic, self ruled island, but Beijing claims it as its own territory.

臺灣是一個民主、自治的島嶼，但北京卻聲稱它是自己的領土。

Two sources told Reuters that the officer was Rear Admiral Michael Studeman, a two star officer who oversees military intelligence in the Asia Pacific region.

兩名消息人士告訴路透社，這名軍官是邁克爾-斯圖德曼少將，他是一名二星軍官，負責監管亞太地區的軍事情報。

The US is Taiwan's biggest international backer, although it has no formal diplomatic ties with the island.

美國是臺灣最大的國際支持者，雖然它與臺灣島沒有正式的外交關係。

Support has only increased under the presidency of Donald Trump, including a boost in arms sales.

在唐納德-特朗普的總統任期內，支持率只增不減，包括軍火銷售的增長。

But this latest visit could spark a furious response from China.

但這次最新的訪問可能引發中國的憤怒迴應。

In August, Beijing scrambled fighter jets near the island.

8月，北京在該島附近爭奪戰機。

When U.

當U。

S Health Secretary Alex is our visited the capital city, Taipei, and it repeated the maneuver for a high level U.

S衛生部長亞歷克斯是我們的訪問的首都，臺北，它重複演習的高水平U。

S State Department visit a month later.

斯國務院一個月後訪問。

It's still not clear whether Admiral students visit will be seen as an escalation by Beijing, but he could be one of the highest ranking U.

目前還不清楚海軍上將學生的訪問是否會被北京視為升級，但他可能是美國最高級別之一。

S military officers known to have visited Taiwan in recent years.

據瞭解，近年來訪問臺灣的S軍軍官。

One analyst said that if confirmed, he knew of quote no precedent for such a visit, but a former defense official told Reuters that Trump's Pentagon has quietly been sending one star officers to Taiwan on a routine basis.

一位分析人士說，如果得到證實，他知道報價沒有這種訪問的先例，但一位前國防官員告訴路透社，特朗普的五角大樓已經悄悄地例行派遣一星軍官到臺灣。