Beijing said on Tuesday it had reiterated a "strong protest" with Tokyo during talks between top officials in the Chinese capital as the countries squared off in a diplomatic row.
Masaaki Kanai, the top official in Japan's foreign ministry for Asia-Pacific affairs is in China for discussions with his Chinese counterpart Liu Jinsong over Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's comments on Taiwan.
"During the consultations, China once again lodged a strong protest with Japan regarding Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's erroneous remarks concerning China," foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said.
