{"id":25682,"date":"2023-03-21T09:30:38","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T09:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/03\/21\/us-tells-china-not-to-overread-likely-taiwan-president-visit\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T16:08:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T16:08:40","slug":"us-tells-china-not-to-overread-likely-taiwan-president-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/congress\/2023\/03\/21\/us-tells-china-not-to-overread-likely-taiwan-president-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"US tells China not to overread likely Taiwan president visit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Biden administration is putting out the word in advance that an expected unofficial stopover in the U.S. by Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen<\/a> would fall in line with recent precedent and should not be used as a pretext by Beijing to step up aggressive activity in the Taiwan Strait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In recent weeks, senior U.S. officials in Washington and Beijing have underscored to their Chinese counterparts that transit visits through the United States during broader international travel by the Taiwanese president have been routine in recent years, according to a senior administration official. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In such visits in recent years, Tsai has met with members of Congress and the Taiwanese diaspora and has been welcomed by the chairperson of the American Institute in Taiwan, the U.S. government-run nonprofit that carries out unofficial relations with Taiwan.<\/p>\n\n\n\t