• <a fr-original-style="" href="https://amp.ft.com/content/ecfa39a3-bd85-4674-a0b9-96ad84934e31" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">China downgraded its diplomatic relations with Lithuania</a> to the level of charge d’affaires, a level below ambassador, in retaliation to allowing Taiwan to open a de facto embassy in Lithuania. China earlier expelled the Lithuanian ambassador, with the foreign ministry accusing Lithuania of “undermining Chinese sovereignty and territorial integrity.”<ul fr-original-style="padding-inline-start: 20px;" style="padding-inline-start: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; list-style-position: inside; box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Some background… Beijing views self-governed Taiwan as a Chinese province and vows to reunify it with the mainland, even by force if necessary. Other Taiwan offices in Europe and the US use the name of the city Taipei, avoiding a reference to the island itself.</li></ul>

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