How dangerous is the current China-Japan rift? (opens in new tab)

China-Japan relations have come under renewed strain. Last fall, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi told the Diet that a contingency in the Taiwan Strait could amount to a “survival-threatening situation” for Japan—potentially triggering the conditions for exercising collective self-defense. In the months since, Beijing has responded forcefully, condemning the comments as crossing a political red […] The post How dangerous is the current China-Japan rift? appeared first on OODAloop.