{"id":631111,"date":"2021-08-10T20:36:38","date_gmt":"2021-08-11T00:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=631111"},"modified":"2021-08-10T20:36:42","modified_gmt":"2021-08-11T00:36:42","slug":"china-lashes-out-at-lithuania-for-creating-de-facto-embassy-for-taiwan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-lashes-out-at-lithuania-for-creating-de-facto-embassy-for-taiwan\/","title":{"rendered":"China Lashes Out At Lithuania For Creating De Facto Embassy For Taiwan"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fchina-lashes-out-at-lithuania-for-creating-de-facto-embassy-for-taiwan%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=631111&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/C13B0EC4-9E9E-4C06-BDF2-9717A8EABD65.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">China is lashing out at Lithuania after the country reportedly allowed Taiwan to open a de facto embassy using its own name instead of acknowledging China\u2019s claim over it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">China told Lithuania not to \u201csend the wrong signals to Taiwan independence forces\u201d after Taiwan said it would open a de facto embassy, of which the United States was reportedly strongly supportive, as Reuters&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/taiwan-open-representative-office-china-sceptic-lithuania-2021-07-20\/\"><span class=\"s1\">reported<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;last month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cChina\u2019s Taiwan Affairs Office said it opposed any country with which it maintains diplomatic ties having official relations with Taiwan,\u201d per Reuters.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWe urge Lithuania to abide by the one-China principle and not to send the wrong signals to Taiwan independence forces,\u201d it said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The set-up would be called the \u201cTaiwanese representative Office in Lithuania,\u201d which is the first time that Taiwan\u2019s name has been utilized for one of its European offices, per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/china\/china-tells-lithuania-withdraw-envoy-row-over-taiwan-2021-08-10\/\"><span class=\"s1\">Reuters<\/span><\/a>. \u201cTaipei\u201d is typically the name that is used.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Lithuania\u2019s allowance for the office to have the name \u201cTaiwan\u201d was carried out \u201cin disregard of China\u2019s repeated representations and articulation of potential consequences\u201d, and intensely undermines China\u2019s sovereignty, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThe Chinese government expresses its categorical opposition to this move. China has decided to recall its ambassador to Lithuania and demanded the Lithuanian Government recall its ambassador to China,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWe urge the Lithuanian side to immediately rectify its wrong decision, take concrete measures to undo the damage, and not to move further down the wrong path.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">On Tuesday, an editor of the Global Times<i>, <\/i>a Chinese Communist Party daily newspaper tabloid, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/crazy-tiny-country-china-media-lashes-out-lithuania-over-taiwan-embassy-1617921\"><span class=\"s1\">reportedly<\/span><\/a> wrote a scathing piece against Lithuania after it did not go back on its move to open the de facto embassy.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">According to Newsweek, \u201cHu Xijin, who heads up the\u2026&nbsp;<i>Global Times<\/i>, expressed some surprise at Lithuania\u2019s resolve, which appears to have held in spite of the threat of a diplomatic fallout.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cHu lashed out at the Lithuanian government on&nbsp;<span class=\"s1\">Weibo<\/span>, China\u2019s main social media service, and carried the same sentiments into an editorial on the state-owned tabloid\u2019s website,\u201d the outlet stated.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cLithuania is a crazy, tiny country full of geopolitical fears,\u201d he wrote, accusing Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, of taking sides with the United States in opposition to China. The Baltic state \u201chas gone the furthest on the anti-China path in Europe,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">He added, \u201cIt is rare to see small countries like Lithuania that specifically seek to worsen relations with major powers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The written piece was reportedly published prior to the Chinese Foreign Ministry announcing its demands and stating its decision to take its ambassador from Lithuania.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Lithuania called China\u2019s move \u201cdisappointing.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWe are considering our next moves,\u201d Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis told Reuters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cObviously we got the message but we stated our own message as well, that Lithuania will continue with its policy because it is not only Lithuania\u2019s policy we are pursuing, it is also the policy of many European countries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">During a news briefing, U.S. State Department spokesperson Ned Price said that the U.S. is in support of European allies and partners creating relationships with Taiwan and avoiding the \u201ccoercive behavior\u201d of China.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWe do stand in solidarity with our NATO ally Lithuania and we condemn the [People\u2019s Republic of China\u2019s] recent retaliatory actions,\u201d Price said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>member<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China is lashing out at Lithuania after the country reportedly allowed Taiwan to open a de facto embassy using its own name instead of acknowledging China\u2019s claim over it.China told &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-631111","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\/631111","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=631111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631111\/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=631111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=631111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=631111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}