Commentary Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison recently took aim at the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), accusing it of engaging in acts of “economic coercion” and foreign interference. Of course, Morrison is correct. Communist China, the home of wolf warrior diplomacy, specializes in economic coercion. If in doubt, let me point you in the direction of Lithuania, a small country making big impressions. Unlike the vast majority of the countries in the world that signed up to China’s dangerous Belt and Road Initiative (BRI, also known as “One Belt, One Road”), Lithuania refuses to enter into a Faustian bargain. Not only have the Lithuanians shunned China, they have openly embraced Taiwan. In November of last year, Lithuania allowed Taiwan to open a representative office in Vilnius, the country’s capital. Later this year, Lithuania plans to open its own trade office in Taiwan. The CCP, embarrassed and enraged, has hit back, downgrading its ties …
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