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#BREAKING China should not 'overreact' to Taiwan president's US stopover: official

#UPDATE China should not "overreact" and use a stopover in the US by Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen as a "pretext" for aggression against the democratically ruled island of Taiwan, senior US official says

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen is due to leave for the United States on Wednesday, a stop on her way to firm up ties with Guatemala and Belize after China snapped up another of the self-ruled island's few diplomatic allies last week

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Diplomatic ties with Taiwan.

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen left for the United States on Wednesday, a stop on her way to firm up ties with Guatemala and Belize after China snapped up another of the self-ruled island's few diplomatic allies last week

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#UPDATE Taiwan's leader Tsai Ing-wen arrives in New York for a visit that has triggered threats of reprisal by China if she meets with House speaker Kevin McCarthy
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