3 d. ago Tower of peace or sin? Why China demands that a Japanese wartime monument be demolished

Mainland Chinese media are calling for the demolition of a wartime monument in Japan, resurfacing a long-standing point of bilateral tension, as Beijing and Tokyo are locked in a diplomatic row over Taiwan. Yuyuantantian, a social media account run by mainland state broadcaster CCTV, said on Saturday that Japan seized more than 370 stones from the countries it invaded during the second world war – most from China – and used them to build Hakko Ichiu Tower, which the account described as “a tower...

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4 d. ago Tokyo’s latest bid to ease tensions with Beijing, Liu Cixin on AI: SCMP daily highlights

Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Tokyo spells out part position on Taiwan in bid to ease tension with Beijing The Japanese government has spelled out its position on Taiwan – although only in part – based on the 1972 document that normalised diplomatic ties to ease tensions, but insists the Taiwan issue should be resolved “peacefully through dialogue”. 2. Sci-fi writer Liu Cixin on why...

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4 d. ago Developing | Tokyo spells out part position on Taiwan in bid to ease tension with Beijing

Developing | Tokyo spells out part position on Taiwan in bid to ease tension with Beijing  South China Morning Post

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4 d. ago Tokyo’s foreign minister spells out position on Taiwan in bid to ease tension with Beijing

A top Japanese diplomat on Monday spelled out Tokyo’s position on Taiwan as set out in a 1972 joint communique in a bid to lower the temperature of the diplomatic crisis with Beijing. In a parliamentary session, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi repeated its position on Taiwan stated in the document that established and normalised diplomatic ties with Beijing and severed ties with Taipei – language Beijing has repeatedly urged Japan to restate in recent weeks. More to follow

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4 d. ago Breaking | Tokyo spells out position on Taiwan in bid to ease tension with Beijing

Breaking | Tokyo spells out position on Taiwan in bid to ease tension with Beijing  South China Morning Post

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4 d. ago Tokyo spells out part position on Taiwan in bid to ease tension with Beijing

A top Japanese diplomat on Monday spelled out Tokyo’s position on Taiwan as set out in a 1972 joint communique in a bid to lower the temperature of the diplomatic crisis with Beijing. In a parliamentary session, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi repeated its position on Taiwan stated in the document that established and normalised diplomatic ties with Beijing and severed ties with Taipei – language Beijing has repeatedly urged Japan to restate in recent weeks. However, he did not read out a...

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4 d. ago Tokyo spells out position on Taiwan, in part, in bid to ease tension with Beijing

The Japanese government has spelled out its position on Taiwan – although only in part – based on the 1972 document that normalised diplomatic ties to ease tensions, but insists the Taiwan issue should be resolved “peacefully through dialogue”. In a parliamentary session, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi repeated Tokyo’s position on Taiwan stated in the document that established and normalised diplomatic ties with Beijing and severed ties with Taipei – language Beijing has repeatedly urged...

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3 w. ago Trump talks to Japanese PM hours after his overnight call with China’s Xi

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi confirmed “the close cooperation” between Tokyo and Washington in a phone call with US President Donald Trump on Tuesday, hours after Trump spoke by phone with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. Takaichi said her conversation with Trump covered the strengthening of the Japan-US alliance along with the various challenges facing the Indo-Pacific region, according to the Fuji News Network. The phone call came amid escalating tension between Beijing and Tokyo...

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4 w. ago China postpones trilateral culture ministers' meeting as Beijing

China postpones trilateral culture ministers' meeting as Beijing-Tokyo tension boils  Korea JoongAng Daily

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