From matchmaking to meals, the Sino-Japan row ripples through everyday routines in China

She said that if an emergency in Taiwan entails “battleships and the use of force, then that could constitute a situation threatening (Japan’s) survival”, a legal term introduced in 2015 that would allow Japan to deploy its Self-Defense Forces. Backlash from Beijing - which regards self-ruled Taiwan as an inalienable part of China under its one-China principle - has been fierce and swift, combining travel warnings to Japan and reported curbs on Japanese seafood imports with an escalated wave of state media and nationalist criticism. Some analysts have told CNA the Nov 24 phone call between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US counterpart Donald Trump points to a more positive trajectory for both US-China ties and the regional landscape, or at least not a worsening one.