China is stepping up its campaign to win the international community’s support for its criticism of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s recent remarks on a potential contingency over Taiwan.
Beijing is also approaching South Korea, which has a territorial issue with Japan over the Sea of Japan islets called Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea. But the efforts have not paid off.
Only a handful of countries close to China, including Russia, appear to be supporting Beijing’s argument.
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