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Given all that’s at stake, how would Japan respond in a scenario that could lead to the world’s first great power war since 1945?Imagine this scenario: it’s finally happening. China is moving to take Taiwan by force. Chinese warships are blockading the island of Taiwan and the surrounding area, while missiles and UAVs rain down destruction on the Taiwanese people from above. In this hypothetical scenario, what is Japan doing? This is a question of some urgency for Tokyo these days. For one thing, Japan’s westernmost island is only about 110 kilometers away from Taiwan – much closer than...

Taipei, Dec. 31 (CNA) More than half of local people responding to a recent opinion survey support a proposal to hold a defensive referendum to protect Taiwan's sovereignty in the face of Beijing's so-called anti-secession legislation, a private think tank said Friday. The Taiwan Thinktank conducted a telephone poll of 1,070 randomly chosen adult residents around the island from Dec. 28-29 to explore their views about the mainland's plan to enact an anti-secession law targeting Taiwan next year. The survey results show that 52 percent of the respondents were aware of Beijing's so-called anti-secession legislation plan, compared to 47 percent...