Japan PM’s remarks sent wrong signal to ‘Taiwan separatists’: China

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichis remarks on Taiwan have sent a severely wrong signal to “Taiwan independence” separatist forces, Beijing said on Friday, as reported by Chinese state media.

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After Takaichi suggested that Tokyo could deploy military forces in the hypothetical event of a conflict in the Taiwan Strait, Beijing has increased diplomatic and economic pressure on Japan, seeking to force the Japanese Prime Minister to retract her November 7 remarks in Parliament.

“Japan imposed colonial rule on the island of Taiwan for half a century, committing countless heinous crimes. The DPP authorities’ act of “currying favour with Japan to seek independence” is despicable,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning was cited as saying by the Global Times on Friday in reference to the Democratic Progressive Party of Taiwan.