News Analysis The European Union is finally marshaling its massive economic force to hit back at Beijing. Meanwhile, America is waiting in the wings to join the Europeans in making their two massive economies—each of which rivals China alone—unbeatable in pressuring Beijing to improve its human rights, or even democratize. A case in point is Lithuania’s courageous backing of a “Taiwan” rather than “Taipei” de facto embassy in Vilnius, Lithuania’s capital. In retaliation, Beijing blocked Lithuania’s access to the massive Chinese market, and began pressuring companies around the world to stop doing business with the small Baltic nation. Beijing even threatened the diplomatic immunity of Lithuanian officials in the country. To protect them, Lithuania had to pull its embassy staff from China on Dec. 15, leaving Lithuanian citizens and businesses in the country with little diplomatic recourse should the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) target them directly. The EU—which is supposed …