There is no US base in Taiwan, but I do agree that the US has major presences all over the world.
US has like EIGHT HUNDRED military bases around the world in over 100 countries. I want to say they have around 300+ alone that encircle China and could fire missiles which level Chinese cities in minutes. China has I think like 3 military bases in other countries around the world.
US spends over $1.3 trillion a year on defense if you include everything that should be included but isn't (nulcear weapons, intelligence, interest payments on wars, veteran benefits). They spend more on military imperialism than like the next 15 countries
combined, most of which are allies.
China is not a true direct military peer competitor, they are an economic one. And they are kinda wiping the floor with us in that regard. They build roads and bridges to influence other countries and loan them money and sell them sh!t. We build military bases and bomb the living sh!t out of other countries and have zero regard for international law and basically do whatever the fk we want, where we want, when we want.