The European Network on Nostr: The story of how a small EU state like Lithuania took on world superpower China. It ...
The story of how a small EU state like Lithuania took on world superpower China.
It begins when Lithuania allowed Taiwan to open a de facto embassy in its capital Vilnius.
China was outraged. For Beijing, it was tantamount to recognising the island as a sovereign country - something it considers a red line, claiming Taiwan as its own.
What happened next caught the Lithuanians completely off guard.
https://www.euronews.com/2023/10/24/the-story-of-how-a-small-eu-state-like-lithuania-took-on-world-superpower-china
#Lithuania #China #Taiwan #ForeignPolicy
It begins when Lithuania allowed Taiwan to open a de facto embassy in its capital Vilnius.
China was outraged. For Beijing, it was tantamount to recognising the island as a sovereign country - something it considers a red line, claiming Taiwan as its own.
What happened next caught the Lithuanians completely off guard.
https://www.euronews.com/2023/10/24/the-story-of-how-a-small-eu-state-like-lithuania-took-on-world-superpower-china
#Lithuania #China #Taiwan #ForeignPolicy