China threatens to send Lithuania to garbage bin of history

[Western Fardelshufflestein]

Good thing Lithuania's in the EU. That should help them prepare for the impending cutoff of economic support from PRC's many businesses. As such, I predict that while there will be an economic impact from the lack of PRC-based enterprises, It'll not be large enough to severely hurt the Lithuanian economy.

Which is why first world countries *cough* THE UNITED STATES *wheeze* won't grow a spine and stick up to them. The US made itself economically dependent on an autocratic regime because cheap labor > human rights in their eyes. (The government, not the people.)

[Genivaria]

Good thing Lithuania's in the EU. That should help them prepare for the impending cutoff of economic support from PRC's many businesses. As such, I predict that while there will be an economic impact from the lack of PRC-based enterprises, It'll not be large enough to severely hurt the Lithuanian economy.

Which is why first world countries *cough* THE UNITED STATES *wheeze* won't grow a spine and stick up to them. The US made itself economically dependent on an autocratic regime because cheap labor > human rights in their eyes. (The government, not the people.)

Neoliberalism is a cancer.

[Hrstrovokia]

Can't throw a country into the garbage bin if it's already there.

[The Islands of Versilia]

Lithuania has more balls than the entirety of Europe combined. Let’s hope this small act of defiance emboldens Brussels and Westminster to take similar approaches to the “People’s” Republic.

[Big Bad Blue]

Lithuania has bigger concerns in the world than whether or not Daddy Xi is happy with their stance on Taiwan. Like Putin for instance. I'd hardly call Tuvalu "courageous" for condemning human rights abuses in Sudan, however valid or not that position might be.

[Western Fardelshufflestein]

Lithuania has bigger concerns in the world than whether or not Daddy Xi is happy with their stance on Taiwan. Like Putin for instance. I'd hardly call Tuvalu "courageous" for condemning human rights abuses in Sudan, however valid or not that position might be.

Yeah...poor Lithuania got the short hand of the stick in terms of not being next to Russia, seeing as it borders Kaliningrad.

[HISPIDA]

lmfao based lithuania

[Leocardia]

I find it amusing that China is having such an identity crisis to the point they have to threaten a small (relatively that is) Baltic nation to maintain their image.

To be fair. Taiwan -- officially known as the Republic of China -- claims both the Taiwanese island and Chinese mainland as theirs.

China -- officially the People's Republic of China -- claims the same.

China has controlled the mainland since 1949 --- under communist rule -- which is like 98% of China (if including Taiwan as theirs).

It's only fair that the United Nations recognized Red China given they already own China.

[The Aber]

I mean, they are a leftist country founded on leftist principles. Me being someone who knows that the Kim Dynasty of North Korea would go as far as to threaten people with nukes for something as childish as being called a "crazy fat kid", I wouldn't be surprised on how low China's ' people's republic ' could go.

[Leocardia]

Good thing Lithuania's in the EU. That should help them prepare for the impending cutoff of economic support from PRC's many businesses. As such, I predict that while there will be an economic impact from the lack of PRC-based enterprises, It'll not be large enough to severely hurt the Lithuanian economy.

Does it? When Greece went into a severe depression and was at the brink of default, EU countries were very reluctant to bail them out.

When they did so, a ton of other countries in the eurozone also started asking for a bailout package for them.

Afterward, the Big 3 (UK, France, and Germany) were all shaking their heads and silently thinking, "Never again."

Well, this time, EU has lost the UK. So it's just France and Germany holding the economic fort down. Will Lithuania be prepared for the financial cutoff by China?

[Y3K Earth]

Remember what happened last time we let a fascist dictatorship host the Olympics?

They won the majority of gold medals and medals overall?

[Vikanias]

The Berlin Olympic Games of 1936, and three years later we get WWII. So technically the Beijing Olympic Games of 2022 will show that in 2025 WWIII will happen.

I don't think the World War was related to the Olympics. And I don't think that was the last time that a fascist dictatorship hosted the Olympics.

Guess I should’ve put on my tin foil hat for that one.

[Dominioan]

Lithuania, what a bunch of chads. I don't know if they are economically reliant on China at all, but good for them standing up to the PRC.

[GuessTheAltAccount]

I mean, they are a leftist country founded on leftist principles. Me being someone who knows that the Kim Dynasty of North Korea would go as far as to threaten people with nukes for something as childish as being called a "crazy fat kid", I wouldn't be surprised on how low China's ' people's republic ' could go.

While leftists seem eerily indifferent to the plight of enslaved Muslims when they happen to be in China, I don't think rounding them up to use them as slave labour in the first place is itself a "leftist" idea. On the contrary, China seems to be a more extreme version of the worst aspects of the right, from the parallels between the explosion of a fertilizer plant in Texas to the explosion in the Port of Tianjin, to the parallels between the right being the most brutal to protesters in the USA to China being even more brutal than that.

[HISPIDA]

I mean, they are a leftist country founded on leftist principles. Me being someone who knows that the Kim Dynasty of North Korea would go as far as to threaten people with nukes for something as childish as being called a "crazy fat kid", I wouldn't be surprised on how low China's ' people's republic ' could go.

lol what? the PRC isn't a leftist country

founded on leftist principles? sure. but the modern PRC (as well as north korea) is a de facto fascist empire

[Sungoldy-China]

Lithuania as booger-sized country will not affect China, and it is also difficult for China to affect Lithuania.

However, on the contrary, we can see the weakness of the European Union, which further confirms that the existence of the European Union is ridiculous.

For these Eastern European countries, as long as China continues to support Russia, it will be difficult to maintain friendly relations with China.

After all, for these countries, the biggest dream is that one day the United States can permanently station troops on their land.

However, the pitiful thing is that, whether it is for China or the United States, Russia is far more important than all of them combined.

[Thermodolia]

My question to you is what the hell can China do to Lithuania? They can't exactly go marching troops through Kazakhstan, Russia, and Belarus without meeting some level of pushback. Economic sanctioning or blockading doesn't make any sense on the Chinese behalf, considering that they'd have a hell of a time maintaining a blockading fleet in the Baltic, and that Lithuania isn't exactly economically reliant on China. If they fly aircraft over Lithuania that would just annoy any nearby neighbors (i.e. Estonia, Belarus, Ukraine, Latvia, possibly Poland). All they can do is angrily wave their fist and maybe ask Russia to find a way to slap Lithuania's wrist.

They will tell apple that if they want to sell in China they must not sell in Lithuania.

Then we should threaten Apple and others with immediate nationalization and state that we will charge their CEOs with sedition if they bow to China

[Thermodolia]

Good thing Lithuania's in the EU. That should help them prepare for the impending cutoff of economic support from PRC's many businesses. As such, I predict that while there will be an economic impact from the lack of PRC-based enterprises, It'll not be large enough to severely hurt the Lithuanian economy.

Does it? When Greece went into a severe depression and was at the brink of default, EU countries were very reluctant to bail them out.

When they did so, a ton of other countries in the eurozone also started asking for a bailout package for them.

Afterward, the Big 3 (UK, France, and Germany) were all shaking their heads and silently thinking, "Never again."

Well, this time, EU has lost the UK. So it's just France and Germany holding the economic fort down. Will Lithuania be prepared for the financial cutoff by China?

Actually this time might be different. The current German Foreign Affairs minister is very anti-CCP.

[Ethel mermania]

They will tell apple that if they want to sell in China they must not sell in Lithuania.

Then we should threaten Apple and others with immediate nationalization and state that we will charge their CEOs with sedition if they bow to China

Well I think you would probably want some legislation passed first to enable that.

just for the sake of discussion lets say we can do that to Apple. What do you do about Samsung, Sony, and VW auto group?

[New Audalusia]

LOL the fact that China The People's Republic, not the ROC/Taiwan actually got this pissy over some random Baltic nation pulling that makes my day. Though the PRC ain't doin anything major, lest they want to antagonize the EU for sure or Russia, since last time I checked, maintaining fleets in Baltic Waters is expensive, and marching through Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Latvia/Poland is most definitely going to be costly, because supply, and B: likely going to draw the wrath of both the EU/NATO.

Someone said that last bit, but the People's Republic of China, despite being a full-on dictatorship acts like some of the 19th-20th century nations when things don't go their way; they get pissy. Lol. I might be wrong here, so feel free to correct me at any point; just don't be rude about it

[Thermodolia]

Then we should threaten Apple and others with immediate nationalization and state that we will charge their CEOs with sedition if they bow to China

Well I think you would probably want some legislation passed first to enable that.

Nah. Just direct the DOJ to arrest those suspected of sedition and seize their assets as a part of an investigation.

just for the sake of discussion lets say we can do that to Apple. What do you do about Samsung, Sony, and VW auto group?

The new German government isn’t a fan of China either, they’ll most likely side with us on this. So with their support we can threaten the rest of the companies that if they side with China they will be blocked in the US, NATO, and EU nations.

[Republic Of Ludwigsburg]

I mean, you can threaten a country like South Korea or Japan if they recognized Taiwan. But LITHUANIA. Half the world away. Barely borders Russia (East Prussia) and is in NATO and the EU.

[Republic Of Ludwigsburg]

They will tell apple that if they want to sell in China they must not sell in Lithuania.

Then we should threaten Apple and others with immediate nationalization and state that we will charge their CEOs with sedition if they bow to China

Nationlization...
By which country?

[Ethel mermania]

Well I think you would probably want some legislation passed first to enable that.

Nah. Just direct the DOJ to arrest those suspected of sedition and seize their assets as a part of an investigation.

just for the sake of discussion lets say we can do that to Apple. What do you do about Samsung, Sony, and VW auto group?

The new German government isn’t a fan of China either, they’ll most likely side with us on this. So with their support we can threaten the rest of the companies that if they side with China they will be blocked in the US, NATO, and EU nations.

I think you greatly overestimate the power of the executive branch.

[Thermodolia]

Then we should threaten Apple and others with immediate nationalization and state that we will charge their CEOs with sedition if they bow to China

Nationlization...
By which country?

The USA. Forcibly nationalize their companies and send the CEOs to jail for sedition