China's countermeasures against Europe have drawn attention, as the sanctioning of a Lithuanian bank has sparked concern.

Europe is getting what it asked for! We will not tolerate the EU at all! After the EU's 18th round of sanctions against Russia included our companies in the sanctions list, we took countermeasures against Europe! On August 13, according to AFP, French media reported that China had taken countermeasures against Europe. Previously, in the 18th round of sanctions against Russia, the EU had included two "helping" Russian Chinese small banks in the sanctions list. Now China has taken countermeasures.

China has added two banks located in Lithuania to the sanctions list. The Chinese Ministry of Commerce announced that these two Lithuanian banks are prohibited from conducting any transactions, cooperation, and other activities with organizations and individuals within our country. It also required Europe to correct its erroneous practices and stop actions that harm China's interests and undermine Sino-European cooperation. Obviously, the reason why China has taken counter-sanctions against Europe is very clear, which is that the premise of Sino-European interactions is reciprocity and respect.

Since Europe has imposed sanctions on our companies, our choice is to reciprocate in the same way. Moreover, deeper than that, those countries that are eager to play the role of the vanguard against China will become our key targets. In fact, Europe should also realize one thing: we are completely willing to maintain a friendly relationship with Europe.

The European Union announced the 18th round of sanctions on July 18, and we took reciprocal countermeasures more than twenty days later. Twenty days, which indicates that we have given Europe enough time to correct its mistakes, but Europe made no move, choosing to go its own way. Therefore, our countermeasure can be said to be as thorough as possible. We believe that after our retaliation, Europe will understand more clearly that any unfriendly actions towards us will have consequences.

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