Overview
- Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Japan's leader sent a wrong signal of attempting military intervention and vowed China would resolutely respond.
- Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Chinese Premier Li Qiang did not speak at the G20 summit in South Africa.
- China's U.N. Ambassador Fu Cong warned in a letter to the U.N. that any Japanese armed intervention over Taiwan would be an act of aggression and would trigger China's self‑defense.
- Beijing has imposed a travel advisory for Japan and reimposed a ban on Japanese seafood imports following Takaichi's Nov. 7 remarks.
- Japan rejected Beijing's demand for a retraction, calling the comments consistent with its position, and Takaichi later said she would avoid discussing specific scenarios.