China stepped up its economic war with Japan on Wednesday as a dispute between Asia’s two biggest economies intensified over a remark by Tokyo's new leader about a Japanese response to any Chinese military move against self-ruled Taiwan.

China's defence ministry has warned Japan it will pay a "painful price" if it interferes in Taiwan, responding to Tokyo's plans to deploy missiles on Yonaguni Island roughly 100 to 110 kilometres from Taiwan's coast.

In a powerful, defiant statement, Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry accused China of deliberately twisting World War Two documents to fabricate a claim over Taiwan’s sovereignty. In parliament, Premier Cho Jung-tai made it unmistakably clear: “For the twenty-three million people of our nation,

Trump’s back-to-back calls with Xi and Takaichi did nothing to temper Beijing’s pressure campaign on Tokyo over Taiwan.

China has sharply condemned Japan’s plan to deploy medium‑range surface‑to‑air missiles on Yonaguni Island, just about 110 km from Taiwan, calling the move “extremely dangerous” and accusing Tokyo of stoking militarism and regional confrontation.

Japan's ruling party is considering scrapping its non-nuclear principles as tensions with China and North Korea escalate, sparking domestic backlash.

China and Japan are two of Asia’s most powerful nations and the region’s biggest trading partners. Yet centuries of intense rivalry mean their economic embrace can never be taken for granted.

Japanese War was the ultimate test between the respective modernisation processes of both Japan and China. The war didn't last for too long, and its aftermath significantly influenced the Russo-Japanese war and Western Imperialism in China.