Beijing Warns Japan Over Defense of Taiwan: ‘China Is No Longer What it Was’ China’s foreign ministry has scoffed at a senior Japanese politician’s warning that his country could help the United States to defend Taiwan in the event China invades the island democracy.
China is no longer the country it was in the days of imperial Japan’s aggression last century, said foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian, reacting to the reported remarks by Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso.
In a speech at a Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) fundraiser in Tokyo on Monday, Aso said Tokyo could view a Chinese invasion of Taiwan as a “survival-threatening” situation for Japan, the Kyodo news agency reported.
“If that is the case, Japan and the U.S. must defend Taiwan together,” he said.https://cnsnews.com/article/international/patrick-goodenough/beijing-warns-japan-over-defense-taiwan-china-no-longer
