WASHINGTON, D.C: China should not "overreact" and use a stopover in the United States by Taiwanese leader 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.

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