Japan envoy called to meeting in China over ex-PM Abe's Taiwan remarks

A senior Chinese diplomat called an emergency meeting with the Japanese ambassador to China to protest former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's comments on issues related to Taiwan, the government said Thursday.Assistant Foreign Minister Hua Chunying met with Hideo Tarumi on Wednesday night, hours after Abe said at a virtual event that any emergency concerning the self-ruled island would be an emergency for Japan and for the Japan-U.S. security alliance.Hua told Tarumi that Abe, a conservative politician known for his hawkish views on security, had made "extremely wrong remarks" on the Taiwan que…READ FULL ARTICLE