China urged people to avoid traveling Japan In the short term, the controversy intensifies following the Prime Minister’s remarks. Sanae Takaichihinted at the possibility of Japan intervening in the event of a military conflict related to the United States. Taiwan. What the major represents is The first major retaliatory measures adopted by the Chinese government in the controversy sparked by Gaoichi’s comments last weekIn it, he suggested that the use of military force in any dispute over Taiwan could be considered an illegal act. “Existential crisis situation”This would provide a legal basis for Japan’s intervention.
China’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement late Friday that “Japanese leaders have recently provocative comment “According to Chinese authorities, Taiwan is part of Taiwanese territory, and Beijing has reiterated its intention to retake the autonomous island of 23 million people by force if necessary.” The government has demanded that the Prime Minister retract his statement defending his position on Monday.
“The Chinese government is resorting to Gaoichi’s recent comments on Taiwan and the traditional tactic of using Chinese tourist spending to increase the cost of its attitude toward Taiwan, in the hope that increased internal pressure will lead to a more cautious stance on issues sensitive to China,” said Neo Wang, chief macroeconomic analyst for China at New York-based Evercore ISI, according to Evercore ISI.
According to data from Japan’s tourism statistics, 7.5 million tourists from mainland China visited Japan in the first nine months of this yearwhich represents approximately A quarter of the total number of foreign tourists this country has received.
Sun Weidong, vice president of China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on Thursday summoned the Japanese ambassador in Beijing and warned him to reject Gaoichi’s remarks, adding: “Otherwise, Japan will have to bear all the consequences.”. Additionally, a commentary published in the Communist Party’s official newspaper People’s Daily described the prime minister’s comments as “extremely evil” and deemed them unjustified. “The first threat of force” 80 years from Tokyo to Beijing.

Relations between the two countries have been strained for decades due to historical disputes, including the Japanese invasion of China in the 1930s and current disputes over disputed islands. Tensions have eased in recent months after China lifted a ban on seafood imports from most parts of Japan. Japan does not maintain formal diplomatic relations with Taiwan, but has said it rejects any attempt to unilaterally change the status quo and insists cross-Strait relations should be resolved peacefully.
(From information from Bloomberg)