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Trump tells Takaichi not to anger China

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The US doesn’t want the Sino-Japanese spat to derail Washington’s relationship with Beijing.

That’s the takeaway from a November 26 scoop by the WSJ claiming US President Donald Trump told Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi not to further provoke China.

Some context: China-Japan relations have...