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Chinese Consul’s Beheading Threat Intensifies Japan-China Standoff Over Taiwan Defense Clause
After Japan’s new PM Sanae Takaichi warned on 7 Nov 2025 that a Chinese wartime blockade of Taiwan could trigger Japan’s collective self-defense, Chinese Consul-General Xue Jian retaliated on 8 Nov with an X post threatening to decapitate her, forcing Tokyo to lodge a formal protest on 10 Nov and hardening tensions between the two powers.