Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe warned China on Wednesday not to “misjudge” the situation in the East China Sea and “go astray” in its actions during a virtual address to a Taiwanese think tank on Japan-Taiwan relations. His speech angered Beijing, which said via its foreign ministry spokesperson that it “deplores and rejects” Abe’s statements, and has lodged “stern” complaints with Japan through diplomatic channels. “Taiwan is China’s sacred territory, where no external interference shall be tolerated,” Wang Wenbin, spokesperson for China’s foreign affairs ministry, told reporters at a press briefing. Kuo Yu-jen, a professor at Taiwan’s National Sun Yat-sen University and chief executive officer for the Institute for National Policy Research who attended the forum, told The Epoch Times, “Abe mentioned three times that he hoped Chinese leader Xi Jinping and the Beijing regime would not misjudge; firstly, the United States and Japan’s determination to protect Taiwan, secondly, Japan’s determination to defend its …