China demands Lithuania withdraw envoy in row over Taiwan
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Move comes after Lithuania allowed Chinese-claimed Taiwan to set up a de facto embassy in Vilnius.
China has demanded that Lithuania withdraw its ambassador to Beijing after the Baltic state allowed Chinese-claimed Taiwan to open a de facto embassy there. In a statement on Tuesday, the Chinese foreign ministry said it would also recall its envoy to Vilnius over the dispute. China considers democratically ruled Taiwan to be its most sensitive territorial issue and is regularly angered by any moves that suggest the island is a separate country.
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