Overview
- Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister Sun Weidong summoned Japanese Ambassador Kenji Kanasugi on November 13 to lodge a formal protest over Takaichi's remarks and demanded their retraction.
- Sun warned Tokyo it must bear responsibility for all consequences if it stays the course, calling the comments provocative and a violation of the One China principle.
- Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman Jiang Bin said Japan would face a "crushing defeat" if it used force over Taiwan and framed the Taiwan question as China's internal affair.
- Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said China would take countermeasures if the United States proceeds with a possible $330 million sale of aircraft spare parts to Taiwan.
- A post attributed to China's consul in Osaka that threatened to behead Japan's prime minister appeared on X and was later deleted.