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EPISODE · Nov 21, 2025 · 53 MIN

Panel: Why is Japan playing with fire on the Taiwan question?

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China is lodging serious protests with Japan over Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s remarks on the Taiwan question. Over the past two weeks, the remarks describing a Taiwan contingency as a survival-threatening situation for Japan have triggered strong outrage and condemnation from China and beyond. In the words of Russia’s foreign ministry, Japan has not yet acknowledged its mistakes 80 years after World War II. What is fundamentally erroneous and dangerous regarding Takaichi’s remarks? Host Ding Heng is joined by Professor Chen Yun from Fudan University’s School of International Relations & Public Affairs; Warwick Powell, Adjunct Professor at Queensland University of Technology; Sultan Hali, a China observer and retired air force officer in Pakistan.

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