February 19, 2026

China's permanent representative to the United Nations, Fu Cong, warned on Thursday that any military involvement by Japan in the Taiwan question would face a "head-on blow."  

Fu made the remarks during the plenary meeting of the 2026 session of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the United Nations.

Fu said that Japanese leaders in recent years have acted against the tide of history. Japan has explicitly linked the Taiwan question to a so-called "survival-threatening situation," responded speculatively based on the Japan-U.S. alliance, and attempted to use "self-defense" as a pretext to intervene in the Taiwan question.

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