China-Japan friction over Taiwan should give pause to U.S. imperialism

Diplomatic firestorm has broken out between China and Japan over Taiwan, which has stark lessons for U.S.-China relations and the possibility of war over Taiwan. Japan’s new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, addressing parliament in Tokyo on Nov. 7, said that Chinese military action against Taiwan could be regarded as a crisis of national survival and result in Japanese military intervention. This was by far the most aggressive statement yet made by Japan on the Taiwan issue, stepping on Chi