News Analysis The United States has threatened to cut Russia off from the SWIFT banking system, to prevent it from invading Ukraine. This would wreck Russia’s economy, driving the country closer to China. The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT), established in 1973, is a communication platform that is used by banks, brokerages, and…
Lithuania Is Not Alone as It Faces Retaliation From Beijing Over Taiwan Stance
News Analysis The United States, the European Union, and other countries have spoken out in support of Lithuania’s defiance of China. Since Lithuania allowed Taiwan to open a representative office with the word “Taiwan” in the name, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is striking back at the small nation with economic sanctions and isolation. US…
Blinken, EU Foreign Policy Chief Voice Support for Lithuania Over China’s Coercion
December 23, 2021
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell spoke of their shared concerns about China’s coercion tactics on Dec. 22, in particular those against EU member state Lithuania. The communist regime’s coercion against Lithuania was escalating, both politically and economically, and it was “impacting both U.S. and European companies,”…
Lithuania ‘Will Not Bend’ to Chinese Pressure Amid Diplomatic Row Over Taiwan
December 22, 2021
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News Analysis Lithuania, a small country of nearly 3 million people, has not caved in to Chinese pressure amid a diplomatic row over the Baltic nation’s decision to develop ties with Taiwan. “We will not bend to this pressure,” Mantas Adomenas, Lithuania’s vice-minister for foreign affairs, told Reuters, referring to Beijing’s coercion. “What we decide…
US Expresses ‘Ironclad Solidarity’ With Lithuania Facing Chinese Economic Coercion
December 22, 2021
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Washington stressed “ironclad U.S. solidarity” with Lithuania to push back against Beijing’s backlash—diplomatically and economically—amid a souring bilateral relation. The Baltic nation’s regional and economic stability is facing challenges from the Chinese regime for allowing self-ruled Taiwan, which Beijing claims as its runaway province, to open a de facto embassy in its capital Vilnius. The…
India Is in US ‘Zone of Influence,’ Putin Has Reasons to Engage With Modi, says Russian Expert
December 21, 2021
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NEW DELHI—It’s been two weeks since U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin had a video call to discuss a range of issues on the U.S.-Russia agenda, including the United States’ and allies’ concerns about Russia sending troops to the Ukraine border. But just a day before the video call, Putin had made…
China’s Economic Attack on Lithuania Requires a Joint US-EU Defense
December 21, 2021
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News Analysis Beijing has reacted against Lithuania’s upgrade to its Taiwan relations with extended trade and diplomatic sanctions against the Baltic country. The move is so severe and unprecedented that it provoked reactions from not only the United States, Britain, and European Union, but a German business group that has deep financial ties to China. Behind…
Taiwan Seeks EU Trade Deal Progress Under the Bloc’s Incoming French Presidency
December 16, 2021
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Taiwan hopes for stronger trade ties with the European Union when France takes over the bloc’s rotating presidency in the first half of next year, President Tsai Ing-wen told visiting French lawmakers on Dec. 16. A six-member French delegation arrived in Taiwan on Dec. 15 for a five-day visit, the second one this year following a…
Relationship Worsens, Lithuania Recalls Diplomats From China
December 15, 2021
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Lithuania said on Dec. 15 that it pulled the remaining diplomats from Beijing to protect them, and would operate the embassy in China remotely. This is the latest development in Lithuania–China tensions after Vilnius approved Taiwan to open a representative office under the name of Taiwan. In the past months, the regime recalled its ambassador…
French MPs Arrive in Taiwan for Visit Amid China Tensions
December 15, 2021
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TAIPEI, TAIWAN—A group of six French lawmakers arrived in Taiwan for a five-day visit on Wednesday, following a similar trip led by a group of French parliamentarians in October that the Chinese regime sought to discourage. François de Rugy, the head of the Taiwan Friendship group in the National Assembly, the lower house of France’s…
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