In 2020, German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer warned China not to pursue military action against Taiwan, saying that such a decision would be seen as a "major failure of statecraft" and it "would produce only losers". The Deputy Director-General of Taiwan's National Security Bureau, Chen Wen-fan, stated in 2020 that Xi Jinping intends to solve the "Taiwan Problem" by 2049. Japan is increasingly concerned with China's aggression as Taiwan was mentioned in a joint statement by Japanese Prime Minister Suga and President Joe Biden in April 2021.Sacks, David. Research Report: Enhancing U.S.-Japan Coordination for a Taiwan Conflict. Council on Foreign Relations, 2022, p. 8. JSTOR website Retrieved 9 February 2022.
