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How Japan’s pledge to defend Taiwan against China may tip Asia’s balance of power Joe Evans © Provided by The Week
Japan would join the US in defending Taiwan against the “existential threat” of Chinese invasion, Tokyo has announced.
Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso said that “if a major problem occurred in Taiwan”, his country would “need to consider seriously” that the neighbouring Japanese island of Okinawa “could be next” in Beijing’s list of targets.
As The Times notes, the pledge to back Taiwan in the event of an attack “signals a shift in policy towards” China by the constitutionally pacifist nation.
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