China, Japan fail to bridge gap over PM Takaichi's Taiwan comments

China and Japan on Tuesday failed to bridge their differences over Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's recent remarks on Taiwan during a meeting of senior officials in Beijing, with Tokyo rejecting Beijing's demand that they be retracted, according to a Japanese Foreign Ministry source.Masaaki Kanai, head of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, held talks with his counterpart, Liu Jinsong, in a bid to calm an escalating diplomatic spat that has begun to affect personnel exchanges, tourism, education and the entertainment sectors between the two Asian neigh…READ FULL ARTICLE