BEIJING (Reuters) -China's Premier Li Qiang has no plans to meet with the Japanese prime minister on the sidelines of the upcoming G20 summit in South Africa, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Monday, as tensions over Taiwan deepen.

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The diplomatic row over comments on Taiwan has evolved from a war of words to Beijing advising its citizens against travelling and studying abroad in Japan.

A fresh wave of tension has hit the seas between China and Japan after China sent its coast guard ships through the waters around the Senkaku islands. Rising Tension in Disputed Waters These islands are controlled by Japan,

Both countries have summoned each other’s ambassadors after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said a Chinese attack on Taiwan could draw a military response from Tokyo.

The Japanese public is divided on whether Japan should exercise its right to collective self-defence if China attacks Taiwan, a Kyodo news agency poll found on Sunday.

Japan is set to send a senior diplomat to China in a bid to soothe tensions, public broadcaster NHK reported Monday, after China ratcheted up its response to Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s comments over Taiwan.