Spat over Taiwan is threatening China-Japan ties
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Far from making a ‘reckless’ commitment likely to escalate tension, by checking Beijing’s hubristic tendencies, Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi may have done us all a favour.
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China and Japan embroiled in a diplomatic crisis over Taiwan with threats to "cut the head off" the Japanese prime minister
The Japanese leader warned that a Chinese attack on Taipei could trigger a military response from Tokyo. It took the new Japanese prime minister, Sanae Takaichi,, less than a month in office to revive an old diplomatic crisis with China.
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