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Germany's ties with China could change fundamentally - SPD leader

FILE PHOTO: Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) Chairman Lars Klingbeil addresses the media during a news conference in Berlin, Germany January 9, 2023. REUTERS/Michele Tantussi

Germany would be forced to cut ties with China in the way it has with Russia should China attack Taiwan, the leader of Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats (SPD) told the weekly Die Zeit in comments published on Wednesday.

Germany is working on a new China strategy that takes a more sober view of relations and aims to reduce dependence on Asia's economic superpower.

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