The furious reaction may be a warning to other US allies such as South Korea and Australia not to change their Taiwan policy, analysts say.

Beijing’s recent fury directed towards Japan is hammering home a point on Taiwan to the wider world, especially the United States and its allies, analysts in mainland China have suggested. Earlier this month, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said a conflict in the Taiwan Strait might be a “survival-threatening situation” that would justify military intervention. The comments appeared to challenge Japan’s policy of strategic ambiguity about how it would respond to any crisis – something…

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