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China is turning to a well-used playbook to express its displeasure with Japan over a statement by its prime minister on Taiwan
Tensions developed after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said that if China fought to take Taiwan, it could amount to a 'survival-threatening situation” for Japan.
CHINA’S recent warning to travellers to avoid Japan and for students already there to exercise caution is unacceptable, a Japanese government spokesperson said after Beijing ratcheted up its response
China's defence ministry said on Thursday that Japan will have to pay a "painful price" if it steps out of line over Taiwan, responding to Japanese plans to deploy missiles on an island some 100 km (62 miles) from Taiwan's coast.
China and Japan are two of Asia’s most powerful nations and the region’s biggest trading partners. Yet centuries of intense rivalry mean their economic embrace can never be taken for granted.
China is trying to impose economic costs on Japan for wading into the issue of Taiwan. But experts say the escalating dispute could ultimately hurt China too.
Beijing and Paris should 'firmly support each other on issues involving each other’s core interests,” Wang said, according to a statement.
Charming Donald Trump one week, angering China the next, Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has had a busy start and is riding high in the polls, all on a few hours of sleep a night.
Amid row over Japanese Premier Takaichi's recent remarks on Taiwan, Chinese Embassy in Tokyo issues 2nd alert in 2 weeks, urging Chinese citizens already in Japan to increase their safety awareness, p
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