BEIJING: China has taken its widening spat with Japan to the United Nations, accusing Tokyo of threatening “an armed intervention” over Taiwan and vowing to defend itself in its strongest language yet in the two-week-old dispute. Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi committed “a grave violation of international law” and diplomatic norms when she said a Chinese attack on Taiwan could trigger a military response from Tokyo, China’s UN Ambassador Fu Cong wrote in a letter on Friday to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

BEIJING/TOKYO: Chinese diplomats airing hawkish views, or “wolf warriors” as they are known, have returned to the global stage, drumming up criticism of Japan’s prime minister in…

The spat has rapidly escalated into a trade and diplomatic war set to affect businesses on both sides.

BEIJING: China has taken its widening spat with Japan to the United Nations, accusing Tokyo of threatening “an armed intervention” over Taiwan and vowing to defend itself in its…