How to stare down Beijing

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English - March 30, 2022 09:00 - 11 minutes - 10.6 MB - ★★★★ - 928 ratings
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Mantas Adomėnas represents the 2.8 million citizens in the Baltic nation
of Lithuania, but he’s staring down the might of 1.4 billion Chinese
citizens and their Communist government. How? By allowing its defacto
embassy in Vilnius to use Taiwan in its name, instead of a convoluted
alternative demanded by Beijing. The price is diplomatic and economic
punishment, but Adomėnas says he won't be bullied and the global
political tide is shifting his way.

Mantas Adomėnas represents the 2.8 million citizens in the Baltic nation of Lithuania, but he’s staring down the might of 1.4 billion Chinese citizens and their Communist government. How? By allowing its defacto embassy in Vilnius to use Taiwan in its name, instead of a convoluted alternative demanded by Beijing. The price is diplomatic and economic punishment, but Adomėnas says he won't be bullied and the global political tide is shifting his way.