China Holds Live-Fire Drills Near Japan

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President Lai Ching-te has called on China to show restraint and avoid being a regional “troublemaker” as Beijing launches drills in the Yellow Sea. The drills come amid souring China-Japan ties after Takaichi Sanae, Japan’s new prime minister, said her country might intervene in a Chinese invasion of Taiwan.

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00:00President Lai Qingde has a message for Beijing as it begins new military drills on the Yellow

00:05Sea.

00:07Stop adding to tensions in a volatile part of the world.

00:11The three-day live-fire drills starting Monday come as friction mounts between China and

00:16Japan across the water, and the source of that friction is Taiwan.

00:21China claims Taiwan and won't rule out taking it by force.

00:25But earlier this month, Japan's Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae said a Chinese invasion of Taiwan

00:30could bring a Japanese military response.

00:34Ties have quickly soured, and China's announcement of three days of drills starting Monday seems

00:39to be the latest low point.

00:41Lai Qingde says China is a major power and has a responsibility to act like one.

00:47It's not just drills, either.

00:51China has warned its citizens against travel to Japan, and in a now-deleted social media

00:56post, its consul in Osaka seemed to threaten Japan's Prime Minister over her Taiwan remarks.

01:03But Taiwan's chief in charge of Japan Ties, Su Jiachuan, says Japan has grown numb to China's

01:08behavior, and now it's even starting to get fed up.

01:14And there are signals from Washington that Japan and Taiwan don't stand alone.

01:18U.S. Ambassador to Japan George Glass put out this social media post, saying the U.S. and

01:24Japan share a resolve to preserve stability and peace in the Taiwan Strait.

01:29China is going ahead with the drills regardless.

01:32But a Kyoto news agency poll Sunday found around 49% of Japanese people support Japan's involvement

01:38if China attacks Taiwan, against around 44% opposed.

01:42And if the backlash Su Jiachuan sees is real, China may find its tactics push Japan further

01:48away.

01:49Klein Wang and John Van Trieste for Taiwan Plus.

02:12you

03:12China has a message for Beijing as it begins new military drills on the Yellow Sea.

03:17I encourage the international society to continue to be interested.

03:21I encourage China to force the world's power to show the world's power and not to be a

03:28difficult and stable and stable environment.

03:31The three-day live-fire drills starting Monday come as friction mounts between China and Japan

03:36across the water.

03:37And the source of that friction is Taiwan.

03:39China claims Taiwan and won't rule out taking it by force.

03:43But earlier this month, Japan's Prime Minister, Takaichi Sanae, said a Chinese invasion of

03:48Taiwan could bring a Japanese military response.

03:52Ties have quickly soured, and China's announcement of three days of drills starting Monday seems

03:57to be the latest low point.

04:00It's not just drills, either.

04:01China has warned its citizens against travel to Japan.

04:05And in a now-deleted social media post, its consul in Osaka seemed to threaten Japan's

04:10Prime Minister over her Taiwan remarks.

04:13But Taiwan's chief in charge of Japan ties, Su Jiachuan, says Japan has grown numb to China's

04:18behavior.

04:19And now, it's even starting to get fed up.

04:21China is going ahead with the drills regardless.

04:50But a Kyoto news agency poll Sunday found around 49% of Japanese people support Japan's involvement

04:57if China attacks Taiwan, against around 44% opposed.

05:01And if the backlash Su Jiachuan sees is real, China may find its tactics push Japan further

05:06away.

05:07It's not just drills, either.

05:16China has warned its citizens against travel to Japan.

05:18And in a now-deleted social media post, its consul in Osaka seemed to threaten Japan's

05:24Prime Minister over her Taiwan remarks.

05:26But Taiwan's chief in charge of Japan ties, Su Jiachuan, says Japan has grown numb to China's

05:32behavior.

05:32And now, it's even starting to get fed up.

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