China's Wang tells ex-Japan minister bilateral ties need to be normalized

China's top diplomat Wang Yi on Monday told former Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya in Beijing that bilateral ties currently face a severe situation and need to be "normalized," the Chinese Foreign Ministry said.Iwaya is visiting China as the head of a delegation from a Japanese trade promotion body in a bid to help break the deadlock in the two countries' relationship amid a monthslong diplomatic row over Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's remarks on a Taiwan emergency.Wang urged Japan to "correct the erroneous words and deeds" of its leader on the Taiwan issue as soon as possible, the…READ FULL ARTICLE