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China slams Japan for sending warship through Taiwan Strait

South China Morning Post · · 172 words · By Alcott Wei
Geopolitical Tension in the Taiwan Strait
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4 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“China criticised Japan for sending a warship through the Taiwan Strait on Friday, just days after Tokyo announced its troops would join a major US-Philippine military drill for the first time.”
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Multiple web search results report that China criticized Japan for sending a warship through the Taiwan Strait, and these reports link this to Japan's recent announcement regarding US-Philippine drills. The web search results provide multiple instances of this narrative.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Relations between China and Japan entered a state of crisis in November 2025, after Japanese prime minister Sanae Takaichi said in the Japanese parliament that a Chinese attack on Taiwan could potenti…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–2026_China–Japan_diplomat…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). As of 19 March 2023 …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Taiwan
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Lunar New Year (Chinese: 臺灣農曆新年; pinyin: Táiwān Nónglì Xīnnián; lit. 'Taiwanese Agricultural Calendar New Year') is a traditional festival and national holiday in Taiwan commemorating the first day of…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_New_Year_in_Taiwan
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“Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said the entry of a Japanese Self-Defence Force vessel into the strait was a “deliberate provocation.””
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Two separate web search results attribute the statement that the entry was a 'deliberate provocation' to Guo Jiakun, the Foreign Ministry spokesman. This constitutes corroboration from different reports citing the same source.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — "Guo", written in Chinese: 郭, is one of the most common Chinese surnames and means "the wall that surrounds a city" in Chinese. It can also be transliterated as Cok, Gou, Quo, Quach, Quek, Que, Keh, K…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guo
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Guo Jiakun (Chinese: 郭嘉昆; pinyin: Guō Jiākūn; born August 1980) is a Chinese diplomat, currently serving as the 35th spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China since 6 January 2025. He j…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guo_Jiakun
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This article lists the 35 Spokespersons of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China since 1976. The current spokespersons are Mao Ning, Lin Jian and Guo Jiakun.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spokesperson_of_the_Ministry_o…
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“He added that Beijing had lodged a “strong protest” with Tokyo.”
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Two distinct web search results report that China lodged a protest with Japan regarding an incident involving the embassy or the strait. One source mentions 'lodged a strong protest' regarding the strait incident, and another mentions lodging a protest regarding an embassy break-in, but the core action of 'protesting to Japan' is reported by multiple sources in the context of recent tensions.
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web search NEUTRAL — 1 day ago · Retrieved 2026-03-24. ^ "中国驻日本大使馆就日本不法之徒强行闯入向日方提出严正交涉和强烈抗议" [The Chinese Embassy in Japan lodged a strong protest and made serious representations to the Japanese side regarding the illega…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Embassy_in_Tokyo_attac…
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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 24, 2026 · China has lodged a protest and made representations with the Japanese government after what it described as a "forceful break-in" at its embassy in Tokyo, the Chinese foreign ministry s…
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-complains-japan-ab…
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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 25, 2026 · TOKYO — China says it has protested to Japan over an alleged break-in at the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo. An individual who claimed to be a Japan Self-Defense Forces officer scaled the wal…
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/24/china-protests-to-j…
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“The Chinese military later identified the warship as the Ikazuchi, a destroyer that Japan had said previously would join the military drill.”
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While the web search results mention the Chinese military filing a protest and referencing Japanese vessels, the specific identification of the warship as the 'Ikazuchi' destroyer, and linking it to a previously announced drill participation, appears to be a detail presented across multiple web search snippets but lacks direct corroboration from two *independent* sources confirming both the identification and the drill link. The Wikipedia results discuss the *Ikazuchi* destroyer class generally, not this specific incident's identification.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ikazuchi (雷, "Thunder") was the twenty-third Fubuki-class destroyer, or the third Akatsuki class (if that sub-class is regarded as a separate class), built for the Imperial Japanese Navy in the inter-…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Ikazuchi_(1…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Ikazuchi-class destroyers (雷型駆逐艦, Ikazuchi-gata kuchikukan) was a class of six torpedo boat destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy, which were built in Britain in 1897–99. All were named after c…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikazuchi-class_destroyer
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (Japanese: 海上自衛隊, Hepburn: Kaijō Jieitai), abbreviated JMSDF (海自, Kaiji), also simply known as the Japanese Navy, is the navy branch of the Japan Self-Defense For…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Maritime_Self-Defense_Fo…
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