If we say who is the most reported country among small countries, Lithuania deserves the title. It dares to challenge the two major powers China and Russia at the same time, and frequently brings the word Lithuania to the hot searches around the world. If Lithuania hadn’t frequently sought death, I guess most Chinese people don’t even know where this country is. So what kind of country is Lithuania?
Lithuania is located on the east coast of the Baltic Sea . It borders Estonia and Latvia to the north. It is connected to Belarus to the southeast. It borders the Russian enclave Kaliningrad Oblast and Poland to the southwest. The population is only 2.85 million, which is similar to the population of larger counties in our country. It covers an area of 65,300 square kilometers, which is smaller than our Chongqing City. It has more than 18,000 sea, land and air forces and 20,000 reserve forces.
Lithuania was founded in 1240 It became the Grand Duchy of , and merged with Poland to form the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1569. Later, due to the decline of national power, it became a vassal state of the Russian Empire, until it was finally annexed by Russia. During the Soviet period, it was a alliance of the Soviet Union. Republic , because Lithuania was the most dishonest, it was the first to declare independence from the Soviet Union on March 11, 1990. Later, the Soviet Union recognized it in 1991 and became the first republic to break away from the Soviet Union. After independence, Lithuania immediately turned to the West and joined the EU and NATO
After Lithuania turned to the West, it acted as a vanguard in anti-Russia and anti-China. It has been on the front line of anti-China many times, including banning the use of Huawei 5G equipment, demolishing security equipment made in China at the airport , and acting as A troublemaker who undermines Sino-European cooperation, it has repeatedly criticized China on issues involving Xinjiang and Tibet, China's core interests. It has even established a Taiwan office in Lithuania and frequently sent representatives to Taiwan to visit
. Recently, it has directly blocked access to Russia. The only railway in the exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast brought Lithuania directly to the brink of war. How dare such a small country dare to challenge China and Russia at the same time? The most important source of confidence is the United States and NATO behind it. From the perspective of China and Russia, Lithuania is just a pawn, a clown who keeps trying to gain a sense of presence
