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China, Japan and Taiwan

What to know about China and Japan's escalating spat over Taiwan

China and Japan have been locked in an escalating row, set off by Japanese prime minister Sanae Takaichi's suggestion earlier this month that Japan could respond with its own self-defence force if Chi...

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Japan's new leader's remarks on threats toward Taiwan spark tensions with China

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China and Japan relations ‘on knife’s edge’ over Taiwan in first test for new PM Takaichi

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Japan seeks to calm escalating dispute with China over Taiwan

A senior Japanese diplomat will head to China on Monday, Japanese media reported, as Tokyo tries to calm an escalating diplomatic spat over Taiwan that is straining relations between the East Asian ne...

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Japan-China spat over Taiwan comments sinks tourism stocks

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Tense Japan-China Talks Stoke Concerns Over Economic Fallout

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Japan climbs down after Takaichi’s Taiwan comments sparked feud with China

Tokyo has launched urgent diplomatic outreach as Beijing ramps up retaliation, media attacks, and travel warnings over Takaichi’s Taiwan comments

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.

Xi Jinping’s plan to break Japan’s new PM Sanae Takaichi and isolate Taiwan

First China’s consul-general in Osaka threatened to behead the Japanese Prime Minister. Then Beijing launched a volley of bombastic military threats. Next came the economic sanctions.