CHINA-LITHUANIA: CHINA RECALLS ITS AMBASSADOR AS LITHUANIA ALLOWS TAIWAN TO OPEN REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE UNDER THE NAME OF "TAIWAN"
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In an article in the Global Times (August 100), its Editor-in-Chief Hu Xijin said China had decided to recall its Ambassador to Lithuania and demanded that the Lithuanian government recall its Ambassador to China. According to the Chinese Foreign Ministry, this action had to be taken because the Lithuanian government recently announced its decision to allow the Taiwan authorities to open a "representative office" under the name of "Taiwan." Describing Lithuania as "the most anti-Russia country in Europe", he said its strategy is to cling to the US as tightly as possible. He called it "a US running dog that barks most fiercely at the strategic rivals of the US in exchange for its protection". Hu Xijin asserted in conclusion "that Lithuania will eventually pay the price for its evil deed of breaking international rules".
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