Articles by Justin McCurry in Tokyo and Helen Davidson in Taipei

Politics

Japan and China in growing row after PM Takaichi says Taiwan conflict could trigger military deployment

New prime minister says an attack on Taiwan could trigger the deployment of her country’s self-defence forces if the conflict poses threat to Japan

World

Xi Jinping cracks joke about spying with phones given to South Korean president

Chinese leader says ‘check if there is a backdoor’ in reply to Lee Jae Myung’s quip about security of Xiaomi devices