{"id":560153,"date":"2021-06-10T20:36:54","date_gmt":"2021-06-11T00:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=560153"},"modified":"2021-06-10T20:36:57","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T00:36:57","slug":"japanese-pm-sparks-chinese-govt-outrage-by-calling-taiwan-a-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/japanese-pm-sparks-chinese-govt-outrage-by-calling-taiwan-a-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese PM Sparks Chinese Govt Outrage By Calling Taiwan A \u2018Country\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjapanese-pm-sparks-chinese-govt-outrage-by-calling-taiwan-a-country%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=560153&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/JapanPM.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, sparked an uproar of Chinese outrage this week when he referred to Taiwan as a country.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/china-outraged-japanese-pm-calls-taiwan-country-1599276\">Newsweek,<\/a> Suga listed Taiwan alongside Australia and New Zealand as countries that took strict measures to protect against COVID-19 during a face-to-face meetings with opposition leaders in his country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe prime minister\u2019s comments in the National Diet were broadcast on national television, with China\u2019s increasingly nationalistic social media demographic soon demanding a firm response from the government for Suga\u2019s apparently inappropriate word choice,\u201d reported Newsweek. \u201cSuga \u2018broke Japan\u2019s long-standing promise not to regard Taiwan as a country,\u2019 China\u2019s foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said at a daily press briefing on Thursday. China expresses its \u2018strong dissatisfaction with the erroneous remarks\u2019 and has \u2018lodged solemn representations\u2019 with Tokyo, said Wang. \u2018China demands that Japan make an immediate clarification to undo the harm already caused, and guarantee a similar incident will never happen again,\u2019 he added.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wang stressed that Taiwan \u201cconcerns the political foundation of China-Japan relations\u201d while calling on Tokyo to \u201cearnestly keep its promise, be cautious with its words and actions, and not to damage China\u2019s sovereignty in any way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After resuming diplomatic ties with China in 1972, Japan has said it would regard the country\u2019s position on Taiwan with \u201cunderstanding\u201d and \u201crespect.\u201d Tokyo officials often refer to Taiwan as a \u201cregion\u201d instead of a country. As Newsweek noted, however, Japanese officials have recently started referring to Taiwan as a country, perhaps as a sign of dwindling relations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWednesday\u2019s Diet session, however, also saw opposition leader Yukio Edano, of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, use the word \u2018country\u2019 when mentioning Taiwan,\u201d added Newsweek. \u201cOn June 3, Japan\u2019s Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi did the same while discussing Tokyo\u2019s donation of 1.24 million\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/topic\/astrazeneca\">AstraZeneca<\/a> vaccine doses to help the island curb its current COVID-19 outbreak. Given the typically cautious manner in which Japanese officials conduct diplomacy, foreign policy analysts in Taiwan have said this signals a clear shift in the way Tokyo views its relationship with China, which regularly demands that governments, businesses and even celebrities\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/china-media-calls-john-cena-apology-example-other-western-stars-1595342\">refrain from associating Taiwan with statehood<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Chinese-Taiwan controversy reached the United States last month when wrestler-turned-actor John Cena apologized to the Chinese government for referring to Taiwan as a country prior to the release of \u201cF9.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHi China, I\u2019m John Cena. I\u2019m in the middle of Fast and Furious 9 promotions. I\u2019m doing a lot of interviews. I made a mistake in one of my interviews. Everyone was asking me if I could use Chinese \u2013 [movie] staff gave me a lot of information, so there was a lot of interviews and information,\u201d he said in a video posted to the Chinese social network Weibo. \u201cI made one mistake. I have to say something very, very, very important now. I love and respect China and Chinese people. I\u2019m very, very sorry about my mistake. I apologize, I apologize, I\u2019m very sorry. You must understand that I really love, really respect China and the Chinese people. My apologies. See you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/f9-crashes-at-the-chinese-box-office-despite-apology-from-john-cena\"><strong>\u2018F9\u2019 Crashes At The Chinese Box Office Despite Apology From John\u00a0Cena<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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