No end in sight to spat between japan and china over taiwan, as neither tokyo nor beijing shows signs of backing down. The month of november has seen an extraordinary, and continuing, diplomatic feud between japan and the people’s republic of china (prc) The heated diplomatic rhetoric involved—which has included the prc foreign minister stating that japan. Prime minister sanae takaichi suggested japan could intervene to protect taiwan. Japan’s new prime minister sanae takaichi set off a diplomatic firestorm with china in november when she speculated over the potential for military action in relation to taiwan. The statement, delivered in parliament after weeks of heightened scrutiny from beijing and domestic lawmakers, was framed as an attempt to reduce tensions sparked by her.
The diplomatic spat stems from takaichi’s statement in japan’s parliament on november 7 Responding to opposition questions, she said a chinese attack on taiwan would pose a direct security threat to japan and could trigger a military response. Us says it will keep 'declaratory policy' on taiwan by 'not supporting' unilateral change Large number of vessels deployed across east asian waters Move signals ongoing engagement despite.
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