{"id":1199919,"date":"2022-01-08T14:04:49","date_gmt":"2022-01-08T19:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1199919"},"modified":"2022-01-08T14:05:02","modified_gmt":"2022-01-08T19:05:02","slug":"exclusive-lithuania-will-stand-with-taiwan-wont-let-china-decide-fate-like-stalin-or-hitler-says-mp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-lithuania-will-stand-with-taiwan-wont-let-china-decide-fate-like-stalin-or-hitler-says-mp\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive: Lithuania Will Stand With Taiwan, Won&#039;t Let China Decide Fate Like &#039;Stalin or Hitler&#039;, Says MP"},"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\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fexclusive-lithuania-will-stand-with-taiwan-wont-let-china-decide-fate-like-stalin-or-hitler-says-mp%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1199919&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Lithuania has no intention of backing down from its struggle with Communist China or its support for democratic Taiwan as it will not allow foreign authoritarians to once again decide its fate, a leading MP has told Breitbart News.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Lithuanian leader&nbsp;Gitanas Naus\u0117da rose eyebrows across the world by seemingly backtracking his country\u2019s support of Taiwan against the communist regime in Beijing, taking aim at the decision of the foreign ministry to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/07\/22\/exclusive-we-will-not-be-intimidated-by-china-says-lithuanian-mp\/\">open<\/a>&nbsp;the Taiwanese Representative Office in the capital city of Vilnius in July.<\/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>\u201cI think it was not the opening of the Taiwanese office that was a mistake, but the name, which was not coordinated with me,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lrt.lt\/en\/news-in-english\/19\/1580082\/allowing-taiwan-to-open-office-under-its-name-was-a-mistake-lithuanian-president\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Beijing has accused Lithuania of violating the so-called \u2018One China\u2019 policy by using the word Taiwan, demanding instead that other countries&nbsp;only refer to Taiwan as \u201cChinese Taipei\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Communist China maintains that, despite being a self-governing country since 1949, Taiwan is a part of the People\u2019s Republic of China which merely needs to be \u201creunified\u201d with the mainland. In response to the opening of the de-facto Taiwanese embassy in Vilnius, the CCP recalled its ambassador from Lithuania and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/21\/china-downgrades-diplomatic-ties-with-lithuania-over-taiwan-embassy-row\/\">downgraded diplomatic ties<\/a> with the NATO state.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>In an exclusive interview with Breitbart London, Matas Maldeikis MP, the chairman of the Lithuanian legislature\u2019s Group on Parliamentary Relations with Taiwan, said that the comments from the president represented nothing more than a battle of egos between President&nbsp;Naus\u0117da and Foreign Minister&nbsp;<span class=\"module__title__link\">Gabrielius Landsbergis and will ultimately have no effect on Lithuania\u2019s support for Taiwan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has nothing to do with Taiwan, it\u2019s a question of internal politics between the President\u2019s office and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Under our constitution, both our president and the foreign minister have influence over our foreign policy and sometimes when you have two strong politicians in both seats it creates a leadership struggle. It\u2019s not about our stance on China or our other commitments,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, for Lithuania confronting China is a question of national security, Maldeikis said, explaining that it is imperative for his country to stand up to authoritarianism and support democracies in order to prevent a repeat of what happened to his country last century, when it suffered under Soviet communism for decades as well as German occupation during the Second World War.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t want to get to the situation like in the 1940s where authoritarian regimes \u2014 then it was Stalin and Hitler \u2014 decide our fate behind closed doors,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19410826\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/AP21333171820738.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19410826\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/AP21333171820738.png\" alt=\"In this photo released by the Taiwan Presidential Office, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, right, listens as Matas Maldeikis, head of the Lithuanian delegation speaks during a meeting with lawmakers from Baltic states at the Presidential Office in Taipei, Taiwan on Monday, Nov. 29, 2021. Lawmakers from all three Baltic states met with Tsai on Monday in a sign of further cooperation between European Union nations and Taiwan. (Taiwan Presidential Office via AP)\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>In this photo released by the Taiwan Presidential Office, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, right, listens as Matas Maldeikis, head of the Lithuanian delegation, speaks during a meeting with lawmakers from Baltic states at the Presidential Office in Taipei, Taiwan on Monday, Nov. 29, 2021. (Taiwan Presidential Office via AP)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Maldeikis, who led a delegation of politicians from the Baltic States to Taiwan in November, said that Lithuania had expected the retaliatory sanctions from China after opening the de facto embassy, but said that it was surprising that the communist regime has expanded its assault to the European Union (EU) as a whole.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>In an extraordinary move, China not only blocked imports from Lithuania but also imposed blockades on products produced in other EU countries made with Lithuanian parts, impacting companies in Sweden, France, and most notably Germany.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe problem is that they are also pressing our European partners, mostly in terms of German business, which is a serious thing,\u201d the MP said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAbout 20 years ago, Henry Kissinger said his famous phrase \u2018I don\u2019t know who to call in the European Union\u2019. Well it looks like the Chinese solved this riddle; they know who to call, when you need to call the EU, you talk to German business.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a big challenge for us, I won\u2019t lie, because German business is very important for us, and we hope that our stance on China won\u2019t impact the business relations in the EU market.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\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<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Under the leadership of former chancellor Angela Merkel, the German economy became deeply dependent on cheap labour from China, with top German companies such as&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2019\/11\/28\/volkswagen-tied-to-concentration-camp-region-of-china\/\">Volkswagen<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2020\/03\/02\/study-nike-apple-bmw-among-83-brands-using-chinese-muslim-slave-labor\/\">BMW<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/09\/08\/german-firms-accused-of-benefiting-from-chinese-concentration-camps\/\">Hugo Boss<\/a> moving production to the Middle Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>All three companies, among others, have faced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2020\/03\/02\/study-nike-apple-bmw-among-83-brands-using-chinese-muslim-slave-labor\/\">accusations<\/a> of profiting off the backs of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2020\/03\/02\/study-nike-apple-bmw-among-83-brands-using-chinese-muslim-slave-labor\/\">slave labour<\/a> in the Xinjiang region of China, where it is believed that millions of Uyghurs, Kazaks, and other ethnic minorities have been interned in communist&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/national-security\/2019\/05\/06\/feds-china-muslim-crackdown-number-detainees-may-have-tripled-less-than-1-year\/\">concentration camps<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Following sanctions on Lithuanian MP&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/26\/communism-is-a-plague-says-lithuanian-mp-as-china-threatens-war\/\">Dovil\u0117 \u0160akalien\u0117<\/a> and other European politicians in response to them accusing the communist regime of genocide in Xinjiang, the EU <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/05\/05\/european-union-backtracks-on-massive-trade-deal-with-communist-china\/\">put a hold<\/a> on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/01\/05\/setback-for-the-free-world-eu-deal-with-communist-china-draws-harsh-criticism\/\">massive investment pact<\/a> with China.<\/p>\n<p>The deal, which was spearheaded by Merkel in 2019, sought to increase trade between the bloc and China by&nbsp;\u20ac120 billion. While the investment pact was put on hold, Merkel\u2019s successor as chancellor, Olaf Scholz, in his first official conversation with Xi Jinping reportedly told the Chinese dictator that Germany will seek to rekindle the deal and has hopes that it will&nbsp;\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/01\/03\/top-eurocrat-blames-rising-food-prices-on-china-for-hoarding-food-stocks\/\">take effect as soon as possible<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Other powerful figures in Europe, such as EU President Charles Michel, have also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/09\/09\/eu-to-pivot-towards-communist-china-after-bidens-afghan-blunder\/\">signalled support<\/a> for putting the trade pact with China back on the table.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Exclusive: We Won\u2019t Be \u2018Intimidated\u2019 by Communist China, Says Lithuanian MP on Opening of Taiwanese Embassy <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JK3NmRlGzx\">https:\/\/t.co\/JK3NmRlGzx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1418186312788631553?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 22, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Mr&nbsp;Maldeikis downplayed the idea of the bloc allowing Germany to push through such a deal, however, saying that he finds it unlikely that in light of China\u2019s attacks on European businesses connected to Lithuania that there will be much appetite for rewarding Beijing for its behaviour.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, the other major power player in Europe, France \u2014 which has just taken control of the rotating presidency of the EU Council \u2014 has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/france-china-measures-lithuania-new-trade-weapons\/\">called<\/a> on Brussels to speed up the implementation of a proposed \u201canti-coercion instrument\u201d to help the Lithuanian economy withstand attacks from China.<\/p>\n<p>Maldeikis said that the opinion of China in capitals across the continent has deteriorated over the past five years in response to the \u201crapid\u201d changes being undertaken by the regime of Xi Jinping, saying that it is \u201cnot the same country as five or ten years ago\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cXi Jinping has dusted off the authoritarian playbook\u201d in response to the communist system of China failing, he said, noting that China is facing huge internal struggles brought on by the government\u2019s socialist platform, such as the demographic collapse brought on by the one-child policy, and the government artificially propping up failing companies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat model doesn\u2019t work well when you need to work with international partners, especially for international businesses, who will become frightened to remain in the country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI lived in a socialist society, it just doesn\u2019t work,\u201d&nbsp;Maldeikis said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Exclusive: \u2018Communism Is a Plague\u2019 Says Lithuanian MP, as China Threatens War Over Taiwan Embassy <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zIrEx5ulCg\">https:\/\/t.co\/zIrEx5ulCg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1464188181289455623?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 26, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Over the past week, Lithuania has seen its support for Taiwan reciprocated, with the East Asian island nation announcing that it plans to invest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/01\/07\/beijing-fuming-taiwan-pledges-200-million-to-lithuania\/\">$200 million<\/a> into the Baltic state\u2019s economy, much to the chagrin of Beijing.<\/p>\n<p>Maldeikis said that going forward it is crucial to show the citizens of Lithuania that standing up to China is not only a moral endeavour but one that can be a \u201cwin-win situation\u201d in terms of increased trade and bringing jobs to Lithuania.<\/p>\n<p>The MP said that if Taiwan can bring prosperity to Lithuania, it will be a \u201ccrack into Europe\u201d and open the door to more cooperation.<\/p>\n<p>On top of the&nbsp;$200 million pledged, the&nbsp;Taiwan Taiwan Tobacco and Liquor Corp (TTL) announced this week that it would be purchasing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-asia-59877917\">20,000 bottles<\/a> of Lithuanian rum that was blocked from being sent to China.<\/p>\n<p>Maldeikis, who famously declared his love of Taiwanese pineapples, which faced a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/news\/chinas-ban-on-taiwans-pineapples-inspires-creative-dishes\/\">similar blockade<\/a> from China earlier this year, said that it was news to him that Lithuania was a big producer of rum, but joked that he will need to come up with a cocktail made from Taiwanese pineapples and Lithuanian rum.<\/p>\n<p>A pi\u00f1a colada of freedom, if you will.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Editor of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/globaltimesnews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@globaltimesnews<\/a> says Lithuanians don&#8217;t want Taiwan&#8217;s pineapples. Fake news! I am Lithuanian, I am in Taiwan and I want a pineapple \ud83d\ude04\ud83c\udf4d\ud83c\udf4d\ud83c\udf4d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreedomPineapple?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreedomPineapple<\/a> \ud83c\udf4d\ud83c\udf4d\ud83c\udf4d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PeoplesRepublicOfComedy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PeoplesRepublicOfComedy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StandWithTaiwan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StandWithTaiwan<\/a> \ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\uddf9\ud83d\udc95\ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\uddfc <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eX3V42DWXo\">pic.twitter.com\/eX3V42DWXo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matas Maldeikis MP \ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\uddf9 (@MatasMaldeikis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MatasMaldeikis\/status\/1465937209262018561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 1, 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>Lithuania has no intention of backing down from its struggle with Communist China or its support for democratic Taiwan as it will not allow foreign authoritarians to once again decide &#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-1199919","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\/1199919","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=1199919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1199919\/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=1199919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1199919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1199919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}