Analysts said it was notable that it was Mr Xi who initiated the call. This indicated China’s keenness to frame the issue and caution Washington against leaning towards Tokyo…
Japan PM Sanae Takaichi refuses to retract her remark in the Diet about a Taiwan contingency and a “survival-threatening situation,” which enraged China, and this has left…
Taiwan will no longer require certificates of origin for all Japanese food items or radiation inspection reports for products from the five Japanese prefectures of Fukushima,…
Taiwan’s government, which rejects Beijing’s sovereignty claims, has in recent years been subjected to similar food export bans by China, including Taiwanese pineapples and…
President Lai also called on China to demonstrate conduct befitting a major power, according to reports.
Zhang Xiaogang, a spokesman for the defence ministry, criticised the US action, saying it seriously violated the one-China principle and the three China-US joint communiques.
Amid a deepening rift in Japan-China relations, Tokyo hopes to calm the situation through diplomatic consultations with Beijing.
In the Diet last week, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi made 'provocative' remarks on Taiwan, which imply the possibility of armed intervention in the Taiwan Strait.
There is concern in some quarters that US President Donald Trump, who is known for his transactional foreign policy, might be pressed to “sell out” the self-ruled island in…
Calling the remarks a "grave violation of the one-China principle" and a breach of the political commitments made by the Japanese government, Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian…