China has unleashed a sweeping economic retaliation against Japan after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's recent comments on Taiwan triggered one of the sharpest diplomatic clashes between the two countries in years. What began as a war of words has now erupted into a full-scale economic and political confrontation with regional and global implications.
China's response is hitting Tokyo on two of its most sensitive fronts: seafood exports and inbound tourism. The moves signal that Beijing is prepared to use economic pressure to punish what it sees as provocative political signaling from Japan on the Taiwan issue.
