Obstacles to China-Japan meeting at APEC make breakthrough in bilateral relations unlikely

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's upcoming visit to Shenzhen for the APEC summit is unlikely to result in a formal meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, as tensions remain over her remarks concerning a potential Taiwan contingency, although a brief diplomatic exchange may still take place. Scholars, including NTU’s Assoc Prof Kei Koga, believe that a single encounter is unlikely to resolve the fundamental disagreements between the two countries, particularly over the Taiwan issue, which remains a major obstacle to high-level dialogue.

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