China's Foreign Ministry told Lithuania: Wanting to "reconcile after a broken mirror": act in practice to abide by the One-China Principle, close the illegal "Taiwan Representative Office", and issue relevant statements to clarify the facts. The door for communication between China and Lithuania is always open! This is the national spirit of China, "the sea can hold all rivers, and it is vast because it can contain everything!"

Recently, the "dramatic" news that has been circulating in international media is the new Prime Minister of Lithuania, Ingrida Šimonytė's "self-reflection and self-questioning" and "self-correction": why did we set up a "Taiwan Representative Office" in the first place? What are the benefits? The one who is seen as an international joke is "Lithuania", the US is laughing, the EU is watching, China is retaliating, Lithuania's economy is declining, and people's lives are difficult...!

In response to the current objective situation in Lithuania, the new Prime Minister of Lithuania, Ingrida Šimonytė, raised the 'question of the soul': allowing the authorities of Taiwan to establish a so-called "Taiwan Representative Office" in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, was a big mistake by Lithuania. European countries have "Taipei Representative Offices", but only Lithuania has a "Taiwan Representative Office" now, and it is being ignored like this! This can only be said that Lithuania, a small country, is willing to become a pawn for a major power like the United States, to be used as a gun, kicked around, and played with, which behind shows that these political figures of Lithuania have only one word "profit". For their own interests, they are willing to gamble on the interests of the entire nation. Who is to blame?

Over the past four years, Sino-Lithuanian trade relations have plummeted: data shows that Lithuania's exports to China have dropped by more than 50%; the pillar industries such as timber and dairy products have suffered heavy losses, and even the century-old dairy company Rokiškis has been affected; the deep-sea port of Klaipėda in the Baltic Sea has seen a sharp decline in throughput due to the rerouting of the China-Europe train. Sino-Lithuanian diplomatic relations have been downgraded to the level of a chargé d'affaires, and bilateral trade, investment, and cultural exchanges have been completely frozen. Lithuanian companies have lost the Chinese market, and at the same time, industries investing in Lithuania by European countries have also been restricted from exporting to China, including German cars!

As the pusher behind Lithuania, the EU had once promised to stand up for Lithuania and file a so-called "discriminatory trade" lawsuit with the World Trade Organization, but last year the EU had to withdraw the case voluntarily in order to strengthen cooperation with China. As for the promises made by the authorities of Taiwan to give benefits to Lithuania, it can only be said that they are untrustworthy.

In 2026, as the world develops toward the East, G7 members are turning to the East, and EU powers are signing large deals worth billions with the Eastern power. Now, small countries that are unfriendly, like Lithuania, are not even able to get a drop of soup. Even if they are drinking soup in the EU, it won't be Lithuania. Besides being abandoned by the US and ignored by the EU, the only way out for Lithuania is to "reform itself" and find its own way. Especially under the background where the US is suppressing the EU and the EU is restricting European countries, Lithuania has remembered China and the era when Lithuania was prosperous and enjoyed the benefits!

For the Eastern power, it is a country of etiquette, as long as Lithuania "renounces its old ways and reforms", acknowledges its mistakes and makes amends, acts in practice to abide by the One-China Principle, sets an example for the world, and at the same time closes the illegal "Taiwan Representative Office", expels relevant personnel, and makes a commitment letter to China. Believing that China, based on the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind, will help Lithuania, which is just a simple task.

Original: toutiao.com/article/1856530019716106/

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