China, Japan and Taiwan
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Both countries have summoned each other’s ambassadors after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said a Chinese attack on Taiwan could draw a military response from Tokyo.
China warned students planning to study in Japan of heightened risks for Chinese citizens in the country as a diplomatic spat sparked by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s comments on Taiwan shows no sign of easing.
A diplomatic row between China and Japan is stirring up old maritime tensions. China has sent a coast guard ship formation through islands that are claimed by both Beijing and Tokyo. The patrol comes as a spat deepens over remarks from Japan’s prime minister about possible military action if China attacked Taiwan.
PM Sanae Takaichi broke years of precedent by hinting that Japan could provide military support for Taiwan under certain “worst-case” scenarios such as a Chinese attack.
BEIJING (Reuters) -A China Coast Guard ship formation passed through the waters of the Senkaku Islands on Sunday on a "rights enforcement patrol", the China Coast Guard said in a statement, as Beijing ramps up tensions with Japan over its prime minister's remarks on Taiwan.
A Chinese diplomat’s call to cut off the prime minister’s “filthy head” signaled a revival of a combative style Beijing had tried to dial back.
Chinese foreign ministry calls Japanese leader’s remarks ‘egregiously wrong’ and urges Tokyo ‘to immediately correct itself’.
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