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China Warns Japan: Taiwan Military Action Equals Aggression

2/19/2026

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China's United Nations (UN) envoy Fu Cong warned that any Japanese military action on Taiwan would be aggression toward Beijing.
He spoke at a UN meeting.
Fu Cong criticized Japan's claims of an existential crisis linked to Taiwan's defense as misleading and a breach of international obligations.
The remarks came as US-Japan drills began, after November comments by Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.

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China's United Nations (UN) envoy Fu Cong warned that any Japanese military action on Taiwan would be aggression toward Beijing.
He spoke at a UN meeting.
Fu Cong criticized Japan's claims of an existential crisis linked to Taiwan's defense as misleading and a breach of international obligations.
The remarks came as US-Japan drills began, after November comments by Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.