{"id":1056923,"date":"2021-11-26T10:28:56","date_gmt":"2021-11-26T15:28:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1056923"},"modified":"2021-11-26T10:29:02","modified_gmt":"2021-11-26T15:29:02","slug":"exclusive-communism-is-a-plague-says-lithuanian-mp-as-china-threatens-war-over-taiwan-embassy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-communism-is-a-plague-says-lithuanian-mp-as-china-threatens-war-over-taiwan-embassy\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive: &#039;Communism Is a Plague&#039; Says Lithuanian MP, as China Threatens War Over Taiwan Embassy"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium 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style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1214181099-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">A Lithuanian MP has told Breitbart News that \u201ccommunism is a plague\u201d and that China represents one of the \u201cmost imminent threats\u201d to the free world after the latest round of threats from Beijing over the opening of a de-facto Taiwanese embassy.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, the Chinese Communist Party officially <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/21\/china-downgrades-diplomatic-ties-with-lithuania-over-taiwan-embassy-row\/\">downgraded diplomatic<\/a> ties with Lithuania after the NATO ally and EU member state&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/18\/defying-beijing-warnings-taiwan-opens-embassy-in-lithuania\/\">opened<\/a>&nbsp;the \u2018Taiwanese Representative Office in Lithuania\u2019 in the capital city of Vilnius on Thursday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The use of the word \u2018Taiwan\u2019 \u2014 instead of the CCP\u2019s preferred \u2018Chinese Taipei\u2019 \u2014 for the name of the office enraged Beijing, who claimed that the move violated the so-called One-China policy, which demands countries do not recognise Taiwan as an independent nation, despite the country having its own distinct government, military, currency, and culture.<\/p>\n<p>Announcing the decision to downgrade diplomatic ties, China\u2019s Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/page\/202111\/1239647.shtml\">warned<\/a> that the communist government will \u201ctake all necessary measures to safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The state-run propaganda outlet the <em>Global Times<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/page\/202111\/1239613.shtml\">threatened<\/a> that if \u201cLithuania offends China and Russia, its security environment will face more dangers,\u201d going on to claim that the Baltic state\u2019s actions could jeopardise \u201cregional security and even global peace.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>In an exclusive interview with Breitbart London, Lithuanian MP&nbsp;Dovil\u0117 \u0160akalien\u0117 responded to the threats by noting simply:&nbsp;\u201cCommunists are not nice people anywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u0160akalien\u0117 said that Lithuania\u2019s history of \u201crepression and terror\u201d under the boot of Stalin\u2019s Soviet Union, which tried to enact the \u201ccommunist goal of eradicating free will, fundamental rights, and freedoms,\u201d has informed her country\u2019s desire to stand up for Taiwan against the totalitarian regime.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCommunism is a plague,\u201d she pronounced, adding: \u201cWe didn\u2019t like it, and I don\u2019t think we will ever like it.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.4468085106383\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Defying Beijing Warnings, Taiwan Opens Embassy in Lithuania <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ac9uevhNg6\">https:\/\/t.co\/Ac9uevhNg6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1461636618243166212?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Lithuanian MP argued that as a communist state, China fundamentally doesn\u2019t understand that democratic nations have their own free will and can make their own decisions, saying that \u201cfacts are in one universe and People\u2019s Republic of China\u2019s opinions are in another universe, and they are not related.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cChina is&nbsp;threatening world order and the global standards that the world has agreed to after the Second World War,\u201d she said, warning that Beijing is becoming one of the most \u201cimminent threats to democratic societies, including Lithuania.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The lawmaker said that Lithuania has been \u201cvery consistent\u201d in its foreign policy since gaining independence from the Soviet Union in supporting freedom and democracy throughout the world and that it is not China\u2019s concern who Lithuania does business with.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u0160akalien\u0117, who was&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lrt.lt\/en\/news-in-english\/19\/1370359\/lithuanian-mp-blacklisted-by-china-in-retaliation-for-eu-s-sanctions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">sanctioned<\/a>&nbsp;in March by the CCP for putting forward legislation condemning the \u201c<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lrt.lt\/en\/news-in-english\/19\/1378043\/we-will-not-be-intimidated-despite-china-threats-lithuania-moves-to-recognise-uighur-genocide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">genocide<\/a>\u201d in Xinjiang,&nbsp;told&nbsp;Breitbart London that Lithuania has not violated any international law by opening the Taiwanese Representative Office and that both her country and Taiwan have the right to make their own decisions as to who they seek economic relations with.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.9084967320261\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">China Downgrades Diplomatic Ties with Lithuania Over Taiwan Embassy Row <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kwhrtlJFFQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/kwhrtlJFFQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1462430599768162307?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 21, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In August, China recalled its ambassador from Vilnius and the state-run&nbsp;<em>Global Times<\/em>&nbsp;newspaper shortly thereafter threatened that China may go to war with the \u201ccrazy, tiny country\u201d over the de-facto Taiwan embassy.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt is a high voltage line, even a watershed between peace and war,\u201d the communist mouthpiece&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/page\/202108\/1231251.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, the same paper claimed that \u201cEurope will sooner or later be worried that what Lithuania does will bind Russia and China together into a tight embrace, breaking the current global geopolitical balance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Lithuania is geographically distant from China,&nbsp;\u0160akalien\u0117 warned that Beijing may attempt to ally with Russia and Belarus \u2014 both of whom share a land border with her country \u2014 and attempt to exploit situations such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/08\/15\/exclusive-border-of-democracy-lithuanian-mp-defends-migrant-fence\/\">migrant crisis<\/a> to destabilise Lithuania.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Lithuanian MP said that while her country is small in comparison to China, years of repression under the Soviet Union and later gaining independence and freedom have given Lithuania the experience and understanding necessary to withstand the \u201canger and hostility\u201d of communist states.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen communists threaten us? Well, we understand it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.566037735849\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lithuanian MP Dovil\u0117 \u0160akalien\u0117 told Breitbart London that her country \u201cdoes not respond well to threats\u2026 we\u2019ve been used to threats for more than half a century (under Soviet Rule).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are small but we are tough,&#8221; she said.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Db5W0tlliV\">https:\/\/t.co\/Db5W0tlliV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1426176713537458180?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 13, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em><strong>Follow Kurt Zindulka on Twitter here <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KurtZindulka\">@KurtZindulka<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Lithuanian MP has told Breitbart News that \u201ccommunism is a plague\u201d and that China represents one of the \u201cmost imminent threats\u201d to the free world after the latest round &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1056923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1056923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/123"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1056923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1056923\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1056923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1056923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1056923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}