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China’s Media Attacks Lithuania Over Taiwan as a “Crazy, Tiny Country” After the Baltic nation declined to revoke a decision to open a de facto Taiwan embassy in its capital, the outspoken editor of a Chinese official mouthpiece published a tirade against Lithuania on Tuesday. Hu Xijin, the editor-in-chief of the Chinese Communist Party’s Global Times tabloid, expressed surprise at Lithuania’s determination, which seemed to have remained despite the danger of diplomatic repercussions. Hu slammed the Lithuanian government on Weibo, China’s largest social media platform, and expressed similar thoughts in an editorial on the website of the state-owned tabloid. He...
