Japan's Abe Meets Taiwan Envoy Hours After Xi Warning
- Talks for 30 minutes with People First Party head James Soong
- China-Japan ties are chilly, but less hostile than in 2012
James Soong.
Photographer: Sam Yeh/AFP via Getty Images
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held a meeting with a Taiwanese politician Sunday, hours after Chinese President Xi Jinping warned him not to break with past consensus on what Beijing regards as a renegade province.
Abe held a 30-minute meeting with James Soong, head of the People First Party on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Danang, Vietnam, according to Japan’s foreign ministry. After the meeting, the prime minister left for summits in the Philippines.