WH Warns China: Don’t Overreact To Pelosi’s Asia Tour

The Washington Post reports:

The White House warned Monday that a potential visit to Taiwan by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) could prompt China to take significant inflammatory actions in response, and urged Beijing not to take advantage of the trip or see it as a pretext for provocation.

“China appears to be positioning itself to take further steps in the coming days and perhaps over longer time horizons,” White House spokesman John Kirby said. He added: “Nothing about this potential visit — which, oh, by the way, has precedent — would change the status quo.”

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Biden administration officials briefed the speaker and her office on what officials saw as the possible consequences of a trip to Taiwan.https://t.co/JaiL2Jv0b7

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