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China renews Taiwan threats, island cites ‘wishful thinking’

FILE - China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin speaks during the daily briefing in Beijing, June 11, 2021. Taiwan’s “collusion with external forces to seek independence and provocation will only accelerate their own demise and push Taiwan into the abyss of disaster,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said at a daily briefing, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Liu Zheng, File)

FILE - In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, aircraft of the Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) conduct a joint combat training exercises around the Taiwan Island on Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022. China on Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022, renewed its threat to attack Taiwan following almost a week of wargames near the island. (Li Bingyu/Xinhua via AP, File)

China renews Taiwan threats, island cites ‘wishful thinking’