Taiwan Says New Lithuanian Office in Taipei Begins Operations

Taiwan Says New Lithuanian Office in Taipei Begins Operations
Taiwanese and Lithuanian flags at the Taiwanese Representative Office in Vilnius, Lithuania, on Jan. 20, 2022. Janis Laizans/Reuters
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TAIPEI—Lithuania’s new representative office in Taiwan has already effectively begun operations though its physical location is still being fitted out, a senior Taiwanese diplomat said on Tuesday.

The Chinese communist regime, which claims Taiwan as its own territory, has downgraded diplomatic ties with Lithuania and pressured multinationals to sever links with the Baltic nation of 2.8 million people after it allowed Taiwan to open a de facto embassy in Vilnius.