Japan-China leaders’ meeting at upcoming APEC gathering difficult to arrange, official says
A senior Japanese government official said arranging a Japan-China leaders’ meeting alongside the APEC gathering starting November 18 in Shenzhen would be difficult, Nikkei reported. If Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Chinese President Xi Jinping do not meet, it would break a run of annual face-to-face leaders’ meetings at APEC since 2022. The report described bilateral dialogue as stalled following Takaichi’s remarks on a Taiwan contingency.