Diplomatic row: China demands Japan PM retract 'wrongful remarks'

China’s Foreign Ministry demands Japan to retract PM Sanae Takaichi’s “wrongful remarks” suggesting Japan could intervene if China threatened Taiwan.

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00:00Tensions between China and Japan continue to escalate.

00:04China's foreign ministry says Japan should retract what it calls wrongful remarks by

00:10the Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takahichi. Relations between the two countries have

00:15deteriorated dramatically in the past week after Takahichi suggested that Japan's self-defense

00:22forces could intervene if a Chinese attempt to invade Taiwan threatened Japan's survival.

00:30Beijing said the comments have seriously damaged the political foundation of China-Japan

00:35relations. China has lodged and says it will continue to lodge formal representations over

00:42the PM's statements on Taiwan. Meanwhile, China confirms Premier Li Qiang has no plans to meet

00:49the Japanese Prime Minister during the G20 summit.