Why has Lithuania become Taiwan’s most outspoken supporter despite outcry from China?

LITHUANIA: Baltic nation Lithuania became Taiwan’s most outspoken supporter despite outcry from China after Taiwan opened a de facto embassy in Lithuania’s capital Vilnius late 2021, creating a diplomatic breakthrough.

Zygimantas Pavilionis, a Member of the Lithuanian Parliament, writing in Common Wealth Magazine said that the bonhomie between them was created because they are like Taiwan, both fighting against autocratic regimes Lithuania developed a desire for freedom throughout its history, repressions from the autocracy in the past, whether it was from monarchs, or the Soviet Union had transformed into the determination of defending freedom at all costs, said Pavilionis.