The world collectively has allowed China to be able to throw its economic & supply chain weight on the rest of the world. If a state’s opinion runs contrary to Chinese whims, consequences follow. Lithuania isn’t the only country. Australia & China have rubbed the CCP in the wrong way & economic warfare has ensued in the past.<p>What is noteworthy is that world needs distributed wealth & supply chain opportunities. China will continue its practices, which are termed to be in its political policies. And it isn’t the only country. If we change the optics, almost every major economically powerful country has done it.
Some EU businesspeople are already buckling to pressure:<p><a href="https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/1570020/lithuania-counts-on-foreign-partners-as-german-investors-sound-alarm-over-china-s-pressure" rel="nofollow">https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/1570020/lithuania-c...</a><p><pre><code> The German-Baltic Chamber of Commerce has sent a letter to the Lithuanian government, warning that German investors might be forced to close their production facilities in Lithuania in response to Beijing's action, unless there is “a constructive solution to restore Lithuanian-Chinese economic relations”.</code></pre>