US EditionChina Urges Japan PM to Retract 'Egregious' Remarks on Taiwan
- On Nov 13 in Beijing, China's foreign ministry demanded Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi retract Taiwan remarks and warned Tokyo would face consequences, with Lin Jian calling the comments crude interference.
- Last week in parliament, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi warned a Chinese attack on Taiwan could threaten Japan's survival and might prompt a military response, while pushing to amend Japan's pacifist constitution.
- State-Run media and a CCTV account on Nov 12 vilified Takaichi as a troublemaker, while Xue Jian, China's consul-general in Osaka, shared inflammatory posts prompting Tokyo political figures to call for his expulsion.
- Lin Jian warned intervention would prompt a decisive Chinese response, saying `China strongly opposes and will never accept them` and any military action would be treated as aggression.
- On Wednesday, the G7 voiced concern over Beijing's military build-up and opposed unilateral changes to the Taiwan Strait status quo as Japan hosts major U.S. military bases and China launched the carrier Fujian and tested People's Liberation Army landing barges.
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Sanae Takaichi suggested that Japan could respond with its own self-defense forces if China attacked Taiwan
Japan's new Prime Minister Takaichi is developing into a sting in China's meat. Beijing reacts extremely strongly to a break in taboos on the Taiwan issue.
The Chinese government has encouraged citizens to avoid visits to Japan on Friday, following recent remarks by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Japan's potential for involvement in a crisis-related situation in Taiwan, Kyodo reports.
For decades, Tokyo has recognised Beijing's "A China" policy, according to which Taiwan is also part of the country. Nevertheless, Japan wants to intervene should there be an attack on the island. This leads to massive tensions.
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