In the past two years, Lithuanian has been playing with fire on cross-strait issues, frantically provoking mainland China, which ultimately led to sanctions from China.
But at that time, Lithuanian Economic Minister Amonayit still looked ignorant. She said that Lithuania was not worried about sanctions from mainland China, and China should realize that "forcing Lithuania to change its position is a huge mistake."
Lithuanian Economic Minister Amonayit
Time back to the present, Amonayit is also the Minister of Economic Minister of Lithuania. But unlike in the past, her remarks have now slapped herself in the face. She said that Lithuania cannot leave China .
According to Observer Network report, Almonet said in an interview with the media that in the era of economic globalization , it is impossible for Lithuania to completely rule out China.
But in order to cover up his mistakes, Almonet still maintained a certain degree of "hardness". She said Lithuania is strengthening export trade with other regions, which will help make up for Lithuania's losses in trade with China in the long run.
From her remarks, we are not difficult to find that after leaving China, Lithuania was indeed beaten and its economy and trade have not returned to normal today.
Faced with this fact, Almonet could only admit that Lithuania hoped to resume trade with China , and said that EU is currently helping Lithuania communicate with China, but whether the trade between the two countries can be restored depends largely on China's attitude.
The reason why Lithuania needs the help of the EU is because after Lithuania touched China's bottom line, China has lowered the relationship between the two countries to " agency level", and they need to find a strong helper to support it.
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian
As for what Lithuania said to restore trade between the two countries, it is almost impossible at this stage. Because Lithuania has not yet officially apologized for their wrong words and deeds on the cross-strait issue, we will never tolerate Lithuania to continue to "smash the pot".
Only when Lithuania keeps a distance from the Taiwan authorities, stops official exchanges, publicly apologizes to the international community, and promises not to interfere in the Taiwan Strait issue in the future, can we consider restoring relations and trade with Lithuania.
If you can't do this, Lithuania will not be able to shake China's decision on this issue, let alone calling the EU, not to mention calling the entire Western world . As for Almonet, she must pay for her inappropriate remarks.
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Since she once threatened not to worry about sanctions, then we will punish sanctions to the end, so that Lithuania and other countries that want to follow in Lithuania's footsteps will understand the status quo.
It should be pointed out that Lithuania is just a small country with a population of less than 3 million. Even if it really cuts off contact with us, they will be the one who will be in the end.
For example, after the diplomatic relations between China and Lithuania were downgraded, The first thing that Lithuania was affected was foreign trade . In addition to many Chinese companies spontaneously withdrawing their related investments in Lithuania, some overseas companies that have trade ties with Lithuania and have business dealings with China have also begun to take action.
Lithuanian Deputy Foreign Minister once took advantage of the issue and deliberately poured dirty water on China, saying that "China requires that multinational companies can only choose one of two between China and Lithuania."
As we all know, many European countries have close trade ties with China, so for the two overseas markets of Lithuania and China, most of them chose the latter without hesitation, although China did not make this request.
What makes the Lithuanian government the most painful is that German companies also do not hesitate to keep a distance from Lithuania. You should know that Germany is the largest economy in Europe, , the largest industrial country in Europe, and the top trading partner of Lithuania.
German Brandenburg Gate
Faced with a sharp decline in trade quota, the Lithuanian business community has protested to the government, including the Lithuanian "Industrial Alliance" also participated.The alliance is the largest industrial and commercial group in Lithuania, with more than 2,700 member companies.
The head of the alliance said that when China warned to punish Lithuania, they persuaded the Li government not to continue to deteriorate its relations with China, because this is the first time they have seen China issue such a threat to a country.
But the Lithuanian government ignored their calls and continued to provoke China, causing the Lithuanian economy to suffer a heavy blow.
In addition to foreign trade, Lithuania's transportation industry has also been affected by . The transportation industry is the pillar industry of Lithuania, contributing nearly 14% of GDP to Lithuania.
The reason why Lithuania can eat the transportation industry is because they have a relatively good geographical location. They are close to the Baltic Sea and have important maritime ports. In addition, some China-Europe freight trains also pass through Lithuania.
But in fact, domestic and foreign railway experts have already made assessments that the main artery of the China-Europe freight train can be further optimized. transit to Lithuania is not the best choice, and a faster channel should be developed between China and Europe.
China-Europe Railway Express
In this regard, China has cooperated with Hungary and Serbia on the Hungary-Serbia railway transformation project. After the full line renovation is completed, the railway will become a new trade artery between China and Central and Eastern European countries.
As a result, Lithuania will be marginalized in the Central and European transportation network, which will seriously hit Lithuania's transportation industry.
In fact, China rarely uses sanctions on other countries, but this does not mean that China will not do so. We will never tolerate Lithuania's actions of making trouble, interfering in the Taiwan Strait issue, and continuing to provoke China's sovereignty.