China advised its citizens Friday to refrain from traveling to Japan in the near future. It cited earlier attacks against Chinese in Japan and what it called Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi 's ...
China Tells Citizens to Avoid Japan as Taiwan Spat Deepens
Beijing is furious with the Japanese prime minister after she said Japan would defend itself if China moved to seize the island.
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Japan will suffer ‘crushing defeat’ if it tries to intervene over Taiwan, China military says
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US approves potential $330 million arms sale to Taiwan, first under Trump
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Beijing criticises first Taiwan arms deal since Donald Trump’s return to White House
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Taiwan star Chen Bolin charged in conscription evasion probe
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China Issues Warning to Trump Over Arms Sale to Taiwan
Beijing warned President Donald Trump that the first U.S. arms sale to Taiwan under his second administration "gravely infringes" on China's sovereignty and interests and that it would take "all necessary measures" in response.
US State Dept Approves Possible Sale to Taiwan of Fighter Jet Spare and Repair Parts
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China Demands Japan’s Takaichi Retract ‘Dangerous’ Taiwan Remark
China demanded that Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi retract a remark about a possible conflict over Taiwan while an official newspaper called it Tokyo’s first threat of force against China in 80 years,
Japan trying to revive wartime militarism with its Taiwan comments, China’s top paper says
Japan is trying to revive its wartime militarism and repeat the mistakes of history with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's remarks on Taiwan, China's top newspaper, People's Daily, said on Friday. Takai ...
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China urges Japanese leader to retract ‘egregious’ remarks on Taiwan
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi angered Beijing by saying that a Chinese attack on Taiwan could be a “survival-threatening situation” and bring a military response from Tokyo.
Has Sanae Takaichi planted a Taiwan ‘time bomb’ in Tokyo’s ties with Beijing?
The Japanese prime minister’s comments about military intervention were unusually direct for such a sensitive topic.