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China Lashes Out At Lithuania For Creating De Facto Embassy For Taiwan

Charlotte Pence Bond
China Lashes Out At Lithuania For Creating De Facto Embassy For Taiwan
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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’s claim over it.

China told Lithuania not to “send the wrong signals to Taiwan independence forces” after Taiwan said it would open a de facto embassy, of which the United States was reportedly strongly supportive, as Reuters reported last month.

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