The document warns that deterring a conflict over Taiwan by preserving military overmatch is a priority, reinforcing Beijing’s suspicions that the island is central to US efforts to contain China.
... respondents feel an affinity toward Taiwan, while a 2024 poll found 89 percent hold negative views of China. "We sincerely appreciate that Japanese people do not conflate Taiwan with China," he wrote.
BEIJING--China’s defense ministry said on Thursday that Japan will have to pay a “painful price” if it steps out of line over Taiwan, responding to Japanese plans to deploy missiles on an island some 100 km (62 miles) from Taiwan’s coast.
Only 169,159 Chinese tourists have visited Lienchiang (Matsu) and Kinmen counties this year, compared with more than 2.3 million Taiwanese visiting China, as Beijing’s ban on Chinese nationals visiting Taiwan proper continues, data showed.
BEIJING - Japan will suffer a "crushing defeat" by the Chinese military if it tries to use force to intervene over Taiwan, China's defence ministry said on Friday, ramping up the rhetoric over ...
BEIJING--Japan will suffer a “crushing defeat” by the Chinese military if it tries to use force to intervene over Taiwan, China’s defense ministry said on Friday, ramping up the rhetoric over Japanese...