BEIJING (Reuters) -China urged the U.S. on Thursday to rein in Japan and prevent any “actions to revive militarism” in an editorial published by the newspaper of the ruling Communist Party, as a war of words with Tokyo grows over the Japanese prime minister’s remarks on Taiwan.

The timing of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s call with U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday, followed by Trump’s call with Japan’s Sanae Takaichi the next day, prompted analysts to speculate that Beijing had asked Washington to step in to ease hostilities.

The diplomatic furor erupted after Takaichi told parliament on November 7 that a hypothetical Chinese attack on Taiwan could draw a military response from Tokyo.

“China and the United States share a common responsibility to jointly safeguard the post-war inter

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