Lithuania Deepens Relations With Taiwan Amid China Tensions

Lithuania, a nation of around 2.7 million, has emerged as one of Taiwan’s most unlikely yet outspoken allies in Europe as it pursues a “values-first” foreign policy. The two sides, which both transitioned to democracy in the 1990s, have been pulled closed together by shared commonalities like an authoritarian past and ongoing threats from powerful neighbors Russia and China.

How China Lost Central and Eastern Europe

Emilian Kavalski, University of Nottingham | The Conversation Bulgaria became the most recent country from central and eastern Europe (CEE) to show hostility toward China. In the latest sign of relations souring between the region and the Asian superpower, Bulgaria’s prime minister, Boïko Borissov, claimed that a series of compromising pictures, appearing to show him sleeping with […]

The Axis of Shame, July 2020: The Countries That Supported China on Hong Kong

<!–[CDATA[ BITTER WINTER On July 1, 53 countries (including China) signed a resolution introduced by Cuba at the United Nations’ Human Rights Council in Geneva praising China for the passing of the Hong Kong National Security Law. The list of those that became part to this new Axis of Shame (a label Bitter Winter originally created for those supporting […]

A New Document War at the UN: The Free World vs China on Xinjiang

MASSIMO INTROVIGNE | BITTER VINTER Led by Britain, 23 countries denounce the mass detention of Uyghurs. China mobilizes its usual Axis of Shame to react. Sadly, a few European countries, including Italy, did not sign the critical document. Again, the United Nations, this time at the General Assembly, witnessed a war of documents about the horrific transformation […]