Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi’s remarks linking Taiwan to Japan’s "existential crisis" caters to US attempts to contain China, binds Japan’s fate to Washington’s strategy, and masks its deep fear of being discarded as a disposable ally, says a Chinese journalist and analyst.

China-Japan relations in the wake of Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi’s remarks on Taiwan represent “the most dangerous situation in the past several decades," says a Taiwan-based journalist and political analyst.

China has expressed serious concern over Tokyo’s recent military threats, warning citizens to avoid travelling to Japan.

This episode of the Palestine Declassified explores the efforts to build an international Zionist empire at the time when worldwide public opinion has definitively turned against Israel.

Taiwan’s growing ties with the Israeli regime – backed by the US and highlighted by President Lai’s outreach to the AIPAC lobby – reflect a deepening strategic alignment aimed at countering China.

The ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) of Taiwan views the island as the Asia-Pacific twin of Israel and a virtual colonial outpost of the United States, according to an analyst.

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