China warns of heavy price for Japan after lawmakers visit Taiwan

taipei, taiwan - China warned Japan on Friday that it should be prepared "to pay a heavy price' if it interferes with Beijing's plans for Taiwan, the self-ruled island that Beijing considers a breakaway province that must one day reunite with the mainland, by force if necessary.

China's embassy in Tokyo issued the warning after a visit to Taiwan this week by a bipartisan group of Japanese lawmakers, including for