The row risks unraveling recent progress in bilateral ties, just a few weeks after Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi met with Chinese President Xi Jinping and agreed to improve relations. — Bloomberg
BEIJING: China is escalating its confrontation with Japan over Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s comments on Taiwan, with state media threatening major countermeasures after travel warnings raised the spectre of economic retribution.
Yuyuantantian, a social media account linked to China’s state broadcaster and frequently used to signal official policy, published a commentary over the weekend warning that Beijing “has made full preparations for substantive retaliation.”
