the Japan PM's Taiwan remarks provoked the fury of China
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The likeliest scenario for 2026 is not a full-fledged conflict, but an increase in China’s political, economic and military pressure against Taiwan
Heavyweights clash as election of hawkish PM Sanae Takaichi and US policy unpredictability change calculus in region
A Chinese diplomat’s call to cut off the prime minister’s “filthy neck” signaled a revival of a combative style Beijing had tried to dial back.
Both sides of the Taiwan Strait are girding for would be the most difficult seaborne invasion since World War II.
Former president and foreign ministers have made trips to Europe as other nations handle contacts more flexibly
With a clear view of China's skyscraper-studded coastline, Taiwanese coastguard captain Huang Heng-chun steers his patrol boat through choppy waters around a group of islands controlled by Taipei.The Taiwanese boats also have water cannon and a 20-millimetre static machine gun,
The diplomatic row comes after Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi said Japan may intervene if China blockades Taiwan.