US EditionChina’s UN envoy pours fresh scorn on Japan’s ‘unrepentant’ Takaichi
China’s UN ambassador condemned Japan’s military threat over Taiwan as provocative and warned of defending its sovereignty, with the letter circulated to all UN member states.
- China's UN envoy Fu Cong sent a letter on November 21 to United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, requesting its circulation as an official United Nations General Assembly document, CCTV reported.
- On November 7, Sanae Takaichi, Prime Minister of Japan, said a hypothetical Chinese attack on Taiwan, just over 100 km away, could threaten Japan's survival, breaking strategic ambiguity.
- China demanded Japan retract the comments and stop provocations, warning any armed intervention would be aggression and China would exercise its right of self-defense under the UN Charter.
- The dispute has damaged trade ties and prompted concert cancellations, while Japan's Foreign Ministry and Prime Minister's Office could not be reached for comment on Saturday.
- Beijing invoked wartime history ahead of the 80th anniversary, citing Potsdam and Cairo declarations and framing Takaichi's remarks as damaging to the post-war international order.
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