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Taiwan is watching anxiously as it finds itself at the centre of a verbal clash between Beijing and Tokyo, fuelling fears that Taipei could be drawn into a major international conflict. The escalating row erupted after Japanese Prime Minister Sanae ...

The postponement was requested in a letter from the China International Communications Group, with which Japanese nonprofit think tank Genron organized the event since 2005.

China and Japan have repeatedly faced off around the Japan-administered islands, which Beijing calls Diaoyu and Tokyo calls the Senkaku.

Chinese officials are fuming over the Japanese prime minister's remarks about intervention during a Taiwan contingency.

China escalates Senkaku Islands dispute with patrol ships after Japan's new PM defends Taiwan independence, sparking diplomatic crisis and threats.