China says its sent coast guards to disputed Diaoyutai Islands that sit between Japan and Taiwan. It's the latest development in an ongoing diplomatic spat between Beijing and Tokyo. Chinese has taken increasingly aggressive actions since Japanese prime minister Takaichi Sanae said her country would intervene in the event of a Taiwan Strait conflict.

A fresh wave of tension has hit the seas between China and Japan after China sent its coast guard ships through the waters around the Senkaku islands. Rising Tension in Disputed Waters These islands are controlled by Japan,

Both countries have summoned each other’s ambassadors after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said a Chinese attack on Taiwan could draw a military response from Tokyo.

A Chinese diplomat’s call to cut off the prime minister’s “filthy head” signaled a revival of a combative style Beijing had tried to dial back.

An offhand remark from the prime minister of Japan has roiled Beijing, unleashing an onslaught of accusations and even threats of decapitation from Chinese officials. The Chinese Communist Party is demanding that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi retract an assertion she made last week,

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A spat between China and Japan over Japanese Premier Sanae Takaichi's Taiwan comments showed no signs of abating on Wednesday with a series of vitriolic commentaries in Chinese state media and calls in Tokyo to expel a Chinese diplomat.