Harsha Kakar kakarharsha@gmail.com China reacted angrily after the Japanese PM, Sanae Takaichi, mentioned in response to a question in their parliament that a Chinese assault on Taiwan could constitute a ‘survival-threatening situation’ for Japan, which could lead to it exercising ‘it’s right of self-defence.’ She even invoked the US-Japan defence treaty. All this, despite Japan accepting the ‘One China’ policy in 1972, when it normalized relations with Beijing. In 2011, former Japanese PM, Shinzo Abe, had also mentioned, ‘A Taiwan … Continue reading China-Japan spat