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China's Foreign Ministry has confirmed that Premier Li Qiang will not meet one-on-one with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on the sidelines of the upcoming G20 Summit, as the political atmosphere between the two countries has suffered a great impact from Tokyo's persistence in not withdrawing Takaichi's provocative comments regarding Taiwan.

中国外交部证实，李强总理不会在即将举行的二十国集团（G20）峰会期间与日本首相高市早苗举行单独会晤。由于东京方面坚持不收回高市早苗关于台湾问题的挑衅言论，两国政治氛围受到严重影响。

"A meeting with the Japanese leader is not on Premier Li Qiang's agenda," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said on Monday in Beijing at a daily news briefing.

中国外交部发言人毛宁周一在北京的例行记者会上表示：“李强总理的行程中没有安排与日本领导人的会晤。”

Takaichi infuriated China after she publicly suggested on Nov 7 Japan's possible military intervention in Taiwan Strait affairs, making her the first incumbent Japanese prime minister to say so in the country's parliament.

高市早苗11月7日公开暗示日本可能军事干预台湾海峡事务，此举激怒中国，使她成为日本首位在国会发表此类言论的现任首相。

Media outlets in Japan said that Japan-China ties are worsening rapidly and that great attention is being paid to whether there will be a Li-Takaichi meeting at the G20 Summit in South Africa to help break the impasse.

日本媒体称中日关系正急剧恶化，各方高度关注李强与高市早苗是否会在南非二十国集团峰会上会晤以打破僵局。

"Li's not meeting with Takaichi is a solemn, righteous response to her hazardous remarks that have crossed the line about the Taiwan question and have damaged the political foundation of China-Japan ties," said Wang Peng, a research fellow at Huazhong University of Science and Technology's Institute of State Governance.

华中科技大学国家治理研究院研究员王鹏表示：“李强总理不与高市早苗会面，是对其在台湾问题上越界发表危险言论、损害中日关系政治基础的严肃而正义的回应。”

While Takaichi's remarks have raised criticism in Japan, some Japanese politicians claimed that China has "overreacted" to her comments.

尽管高市早苗的言论在日本引发批评，但部分日本政界人士声称中国对她的言论“反应过度”。

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