We just opened an embassy there this year as an FU to china. I’ve flown to Chang kai Shek airport a few times before heading to Hong Kong and back, and it’s probably the most militarized airport I’ve seen aside from Beijing. Of course, we would strengthen our ties with it.
No, it is not an embassy, It is still the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT), which has been here for years. It handles all the same functions of an embassy,but unlike an embassy, doesn't have an ambassador ( it has a Director ). They have constructed a new building. One good thing Trump has done though. For the first time, he is stationing Marines there. So in "effect" it is an embassy - just without an ambassador.
I fly out of there all the time and don't ever recall seeing military in the airport.Now the airport workers ( their version of the TSA ) wear uniforms that look like military, but aren't.