“The main mistake was made when we rushed ahead […] and established an office under a name that no one else in the EU had used until now – thus finally severing all, even business, relations with China. What did this bring us? Exactly zero benefit from Taiwan and a significant negative one from China,” Ruginienė said in an interview with Lrytas.lt.
This does sounds like China is being a 3 years old here, throwing tantrums until they get what they want.
When it works, it works.
That strategy has worked for the US and Russia for decades, why wouldn’t China try the same?
If the international community keeps rewarding bad behaviour - and there’s much worse behaviour than this being rewarded - then countries will misbehave.
So everything is about business and benefits, forget recognizing the rights and independent sovereignty of a nation smh
