{"id":1718,"date":"2025-11-14T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=1718"},"modified":"2025-11-14T01:14:33","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T01:14:33","slug":"chinese-state-media-blast-japan-pm-as-taiwan-spat-rumbles-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=1718","title":{"rendered":"Chinese state media blast Japan PM as Taiwan spat rumbles on"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A spat between China and Japan over Japanese Premier Sanae Takaichi&#8217;s Taiwan comments showed no signs of abating on Wednesday with a series of vitriolic commentaries in Chinese state media and calls in Tokyo to expel a Chinese diplomat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Takaichi sparked the furore with remarks in parliament last week that a Chinese attack on Taiwan could amount to a &#8220;survival-threatening situation&#8221; and trigger a potential military response from Tokyo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rema, Selena Gomez - Calm Down (Official Music Video)\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WcIcVapfqXw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>That drew a formal protest from China and a threatening post from China&#8217;s Consul General in Osaka, Xue Jian, which Tokyo said was &#8220;extremely inappropriate&#8221; and complained to Beijing about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Takaichi has since said she would refrain from making such comments again and Tokyo called for mutual efforts to reduce friction on Tuesday, a brace of Chinese state media commentaries suggest the furore could rumble on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>State broadcaster CCTV said in an editorial late on Tuesday that Takaichi&#8217;s remarks were of &#8220;extremely malicious nature and impact&#8221; and have &#8220;crossed the line&#8221; with China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A post on a social media account affiliated with CCTV called Takaichi a &#8220;troublemaker&#8221;, using the word as a play on the pronunciation of her family name in Chinese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Has her head been kicked by a donkey?&#8221; said the post on the Yuyuan Tantian account. &#8220;If she continues to spew shit without any boundaries like this, Takaichi might have to pay the price!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The CCTV editorial also likened Takaichi&#8217;s reference to &#8220;survival-threatening situations&#8221; with Japan&#8217;s 1931 invasion of northeast China&#8217;s Manchuria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Japan&#8217;s foreign ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment. <a href=\"https:\/\/japantoday.com\/category\/politics\/'crossed-the-line'-chinese-state-media-blast-japan-pm-as-taiwan-spat-rumbles-on\">(JapanToday)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A spat between China and Japan over Japanese Premier Sanae Takaichi&#8217;s Taiwan comments showed no signs of abating on Wednesday with a series of vitriolic commentaries in Chinese state media and calls in Tokyo to expel a Chinese diplomat. 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