China Courts South Korea as It Pressures Japan Over Taiwan

Hours after President Xi Jinping posed for selfies with South Korea’s Lee Jae Myung in Beijing, China sent a very different message to Japan, escalating their dispute by imposing export controls.

The new restrictions bar exports of all dual-use items to Japan for military purposes, the latest step in a dispute triggered by remarks by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in November suggesting Tokyo could deploy its military in the event of a Chinese attack on Taiwan.