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        "msgid": "china-says-japan-india-cooperation-should-not-target-beijing-1783072211",
        "date": "2026-07-03 15:58:00",
        "title": "China says Japan-India cooperation 'should not target' Beijing",
        "author": "",
        "source": "CNA",
        "tags": "East Asia ,Asia",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "China has warned that cooperation between Japan and India should not target Beijing, following a bilateral agreement to strengthen supply chains for critical minerals. The Chinese foreign ministry's remarks come amid heightened regional tensions, including disputes over rare earth exports and Taiwan. The statement underscores Beijing's sensitivity to strategic partnerships it perceives as efforts to contain its influence.",
        "content": "<p>China says Japan-India cooperation \u2018should not target\u2019 Beijing<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCooperation between nations \u2026 should not target or harm the\ninterests of third parties,\u201d Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Guo\nJiakun said after talks between India and Japan.<\/p>\n<p>BEIJING: China said on Friday (Jul 3) that cooperation between India\nand Japan \u201cshould not target\u201d Beijing, after the leaders of the other\ntwo countries agreed to work more closely on critical minerals.<\/p>\n<p>The strategic commodities, which are used in everything from electric\nvehicles and smartphones to jet engines and guided missiles, featured\nprominently during talks between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and\nJapan\u2019s Sanae Takaichi in New Delhi on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Asked about the meeting, China\u2019s foreign ministry said countries\nshould work to \u201cfoster understanding and trust\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCooperation between nations \u2026 should not target or harm the\ninterests of third parties, let alone serve as a pretext for forming\nexclusive cliques or stoking confrontation,\u201d spokesperson Guo Jiakun\ntold a news conference.<\/p>\n<p>The relationship between Beijing and Tokyo has become more turbulent\nsince Takaichi suggested in November that a potential future attack on\nTaiwan - the self-ruled island claimed by China - could warrant Japanese\nmilitary involvement.<\/p>\n<p>Chinese authorities have responded in part by restricting flows to\nJapan of rare earths, a sector China dominates globally in both mining\nand processing.<\/p>\n<p>Modi said after his talks with Takaichi that the countries had agreed\nto \u201cstrengthen supply chain resilience in strategic sectors such as\nsemiconductors, quantum technologies and critical minerals\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Takaichi warned that Japan and India were facing challenges including\n\u201cweaponisation of the economy and non-market policies and\npractices\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>This week, China\u2019s commerce ministry added 20 Japanese entities to an\nexport blacklist on the basis that they had boosted Tokyo\u2019s military\ncapabilities.<\/p>\n<p>Japan called the latest move \u201cunacceptable and deeply regrettable\u201d,\ndemanding its reversal.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/china-says-japan-india-cooperation-should-not-target-beijing-1783072211",
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