The United States sees no reason for China to overreact to planned transits of the US this week and next month by Taiwan's president, senior U.S. officials said, calling them consistent with long-standing practice and the U.S. one-China policy
Speaking ahead of Tsai Ing-wen's expected arrival in New York later on Wednesday en route to Central America, the officials said Washington was also urging Beijing to maintain open channels of communication with the United States.
That would be the first meeting on U.S. soil between a House speaker and a Taiwanese leader, and the prospect has angered Beijing. "So there's absolutely no reason for Beijing to use this upcoming transit as an excuse or a pretext to carry out aggressive or coercive activities aimed at Taiwan," the official said.
Taiwan is China's most sensitive territorial issue and a major bone of contention with Washington, which, like most countries, maintains only unofficial ties with Taipei. However, the United States government is required by U.S. law to provide the island with the means to defend itself. This official noted that U.S. President Joe Biden had said he expected to talk to Chinese President Xi Jinping soon and added that Washington had discussed with Beijing a postponed visit by Secretary of State Antony Blinken and visits by U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo.
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