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Taiwan and Baltic Sea cable incident: Why China-Lithuania ties are deteriorating

Lithuania’s expulsion of Chinese diplomats and support for Taiwan have sparked the escalating tensions with Beijing China has strongly condemned Lithuania’s recent decision to expel three Chinese diplomats stationed at the Office of the Charge d’Affaires, labelling the move as “wanton and provocative.” Beijing also warned of potential countermeasures to safeguard its sovereignty and diplomatic interests. In Monday’s statement, the …

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Estonia will allow Taiwan to establish a nondiplomatic representative office in a policy revision

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Night view of Taipei 101, Taiwan, China. This is undoubtedly official interaction between the Taiwan authorities and the three Baltic states that breaches the pledges the three countries made to Beijing when they established diplomatic relations with it. Since the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict in February last year, the three Baltic states, which are an anti-Russia vanguard in the …

Why Taiwan’s tech diplomacy with Lithuania irking China

Last November, Taiwan was allowed to open a representative office under its own name in Lithuania. “Taiwan is setting up an investment fund with an initial funding of $200 million to invest in Lithuanian industries which are strategic for both Lithuania and Taiwan,” Eric Huang, the head of the Taiwanese representative office in Lithuania, said about the move. Taiwan’s National …

Tensions between China and Lithuania have escalated since Taiwan opened a representative office in the Baltic nation’s capital last month, something Beijing deems disrespectful to Chinese sovereignty. Local media reported that some of the Baltic nation’s forestry and furniture goods are being held up at ports after Lithuania was deleted from China’s electronic customs declarations system from Dec. 1. Less …