"Donald Trump asked the Japanese prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, to avoid further escalation in a dispute with China during a call this week, according to two Japanese government sources who spoke to the Reuters news agency. Takaichi sparked the biggest diplomatic bust-up with Beijing in years when she told parliament earlier this month that a hypothetical Chinese attack on Taiwan could trigger Japanese military action."
"Her words drew a furious response from Beijing which claims democratically governed Taiwan and demanded Takaichi retract her remarks, which to date she has not done, although the Japanese government said its policy on Taiwan was unchanged. On the call on Tuesday, the US president expressed a desire for Takaichi to avoid further infuriating Beijing, according to the sources speaking to Reuters."
"Trump, who is seeking to maintain a fragile trade war truce with China, did not make any specific demands of Takaichi regarding the matter, one of the sources said. Trump's request for Takaichi to dial down the volume in the dispute was first reported by the Wall Street Journal. The call immediately followed another Trump held with Xi Jinping, in which the Chinese leader said Taiwan's return to China is a key part of Beijing's vision for the world order, China's official Xinhua news agency"
Donald Trump asked Japanese prime minister Sanae Takaichi to avoid further escalation with China after she said a hypothetical Chinese attack on Taiwan could trigger Japanese military action. Beijing reacted furiously and demanded a retraction, which Takaichi has not issued, while Tokyo maintained its Taiwan policy was unchanged. Trump conveyed a desire to avoid further infuriating Beijing without making specific demands. The call followed a separate conversation between Trump and Xi Jinping in which Xi framed Taiwan's return to China as central to Beijing's world order vision. China urged the U.S. to rein in Japan to prevent militarism.
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