China and Japan Are Clashing Over Taiwan

A top Chinese official says relations with Japan are in trouble and need to be 'normalized' again.

Things are tense between China and Japan right now. A top official from China, Wang Yi, just gave a serious warning to a group of Japanese business leaders. He says that the relationship between the two countries is not doing well. He told them that ties need to be "normalized" again. In simple terms, he thinks the two countries have drifted apart and need to get back to a better, more stable way of working together. A big part of this argument is about Taiwan. China considers Taiwan part of its own territory. Japan has recently been more vocal about its support for stability in that area.…