Ever since Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi hinted in her Parliament that Tokyo could intervene militarily if Beijing attacked Taiwan, communist China has been straining hard to isolate Japan diplomatically. Will China succeed in this mission?

Observers say China has continued to assert Taiwan is part of its territory. The other day, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met Britain’s foreign security adviser Jonathan Powell and French presidential foreign policy adviser Emmanuel Bonne and urged them to stand by their “one-China” policy. Beijing also sent a letter to United Nations Secretary General António Guterres. Therein, Beijing accused Premier Takaichi of violating international law. On his part, Chinese President Xi Jinping urged US counterpart Donald J Trump to “rein in” Japan.

Such Chinese efforts are, however, highly unlikely to make Japan abandon its Taiwan policy. The ties between Japan and........

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