Washington, United States — China should not 'overreact' and use a stopover in the United States by Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen as a 'pretext' for aggression against the democratically ruled island of Taiwan, a senior US official said early Wednesday. 'There's absolutely no reason for China to use that as a pretext to overreact or to engage in further coercion directed at Taiwan,' a senior administration told reporters, speaking on condition of anonymity. 'We're going to carry out a transit that is fully consistent with that policy and decades' worth of practice,' the official said, adding that Beijing 'will not pressure the US government to alter our longstanding practice' on such visits.

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