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Taiwan has vowed to expand economic and other ties with Lithuania amid an escalating row between Vilnius and Beijing over the self-ruled island. Lithuania pulled its diplomats out of China on Wednesday, the latest move after Beijing downgraded relations with the Baltic state last month. That was in response to Lithuania allowing Taiwan to open a representative office in its capital under its own name, which Beijing says breaches the one-China policy. On Thursday, Taiwan’s foreign ministry lauded Lithuania’s “non-negotiable” stand on its relationship with the island despite the pressure from Beijing . “We offer our greatest respect to the...
