China-Japan row widens at UN as Taiwan remarks called 'greatest challenge' to ties

A diplomatic clash between China and Japan over recent remarks by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is heating up at the United Nations. Chinese ambassador Fu Cong has sent a second letter to Secretary General Antonio Guterres, describing Takaichi's comments over Taiwan as the "greatest challenge" to bilateral ties and urging Tokyo to retract them. Fu's message was issued in response to his Japanese counterpart, Kazuyuki Yamazaki, who last week accused Beijing of "stifling" bilateral engagement and