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China Presses UN With Second Letter Urging Retraction of Japan’s Taiwan Remarks

Beijing is using the UN channel to escalate its challenge to Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s statement on a Taiwan contingency.

Overview

  • Chinese UN Ambassador Fu Cong said on Dec. 1 he sent a second letter to Secretary‑General António Guterres demanding that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi withdraw her Diet remark that a Taiwan crisis could become a situation threatening survival.
  • The letter accuses Takaichi of implying military intervention in the Taiwan issue and argues the stance overturns the postwar order and violates the UN Charter.
  • Fu criticized Japan’s Nov. 24 rebuttal from UN Ambassador Kazuyuki Yamazaki as shifting the argument and transferring responsibility to China, declaring China’s firm opposition to that response.
  • Citing debates in Tokyo on revising the Three Non‑Nuclear Principles and moving beyond exclusive defense, Fu warned that Japan is progressing rearmament.
  • Fu made the move public by posting the full text of the Dec. 1 letter on X, following an initial letter he sent on Nov. 21.