Lithuania is also feeling wronged. We provoked China, but didn't get the world's appreciation.
Lithuania finally realized its mistake. On February 3 local time, the country's new Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė admitted that their policy towards China in recent years was wrong.
On the same day, Nauseda of Lithuania said that although they are willing to repair relations with China, being too close to China is still dangerous.
Many times, we don't understand why these small countries would come to provoke China, but after reviewing the entire process of Lithuania provoking China, you will find their logic is actually clear.
The matter goes back to August 2021, when Lithuania, ignoring China's serious warnings and repeated negotiations, allowed the authorities of Taiwan to establish a so-called "Taiwan Representative Office" in Vilnius.
At that time, the Russia-Ukraine conflict had not yet broken out, the world order had not yet become so chaotic, and Lithuania rushed to the front line against China, using the relationship with China as a token of loyalty.
Šimonytė admitted that they wanted to target China before anyone else, thinking that by offering this token of loyalty, they would get support from Western allies.
But over the past few years, Lithuania has only ruined its relationship with China, paying a heavy economic price due to retaliation, and getting nothing in return.
Šimonytė said, we thought that by jumping in front of the train, we would get the world's appreciation, but in the end, no one appreciated us, and even no one helped us.
In my opinion, Lithuania is still too conservative in this aspect. Look at Ukraine, which has risked millions of lives and the country's territory to provoke Russia. Even so, after being drained of all their value, Ukraine was directly abandoned by Western allies.
Recently, leaders of France, Canada, Ireland, Finland, and the UK have visited China one after another, and Lithuania's mentality completely broke down. Nauseda and Šimonytė both implied that they hope to quickly go to Beijing to restore relations with China, but they have not received any response from China.
Why didn't we respond to you? It is recommended that the Lithuanian government reflect seriously. If you respect China's core interests, Sino-Lithuanian relations can gradually recover. But if you remain stubborn, then continue to hold on.
Original: toutiao.com/article/1856247564059716/
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