Lithuania
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China Downgrades Ties With Lithuania After Taiwan Opens De Facto Embassy
After Lithuania allowed Taiwan to open a representative office, China downgraded diplomatic relations with Lithuania to charge d’affaires on Sunday. Because the tiny Baltic nation of fewer than three million people is an influential member of the bloc, the action might further sour Beijing’s relations with the EU. According to observers, China believes Lithuania’s decision…
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Baltic minnow stands up to a rising behemoth, China
China has always kept a tight grip on what its citizens may read and write on their cellphones. Officials in Lithuania were taken aback when they discovered a hidden but active feature in a popular Chinese-made smartphone sold in the Baltic nation: a censorship registry of 449 phrases prohibited by the Chinese Communist Party.
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Lithuania to require its people to return their Chinese smartphones.
After a government assessment found that Chinese smartphones have built-in censorship capabilities, Lithuania’s Defense Ministry advised residents to avoid buying them. Reuters quoted Lithuanian Defence Deputy Minister Margiris Abukevicius as saying, “Our recommendation is to not buy new Chinese phones, and to get rid of those already purchased as fast as reasonably possible,”