Japan’s Takaichi Has Few Good Options to End China’s Retaliation

Takaichi this month became the first sitting Japanese leader in decades to publicly link a Taiwan Strait crisis with the possible deployment of Japanese troops, prompting Beijing to unleash a flurry of economic reprisals and threats of more retribution. China’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning reupped the demand for Takaichi to retract her claim at briefing on Monday, saying there was “no space” for ambiguity over the self-ruled island Beijing considers its territory.

Japan’s Takaichi Has Few Good Options to End China’s Retaliation
Takaichi this month became the first sitting Japanese leader in decades to publicly link a Taiwan Strait crisis with the possible deployment of Japanese troops, prompting Beijing to unleash a flurry of economic reprisals and threats of more retribution. China’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning reupped the demand for Takaichi to retract her claim at briefing on Monday, saying there was “no space” for ambiguity over the self-ruled island Beijing considers its territory.