China recalls its ambassador to Lithuania and expels the Baltic nation's top representative to Beijing over the country's decision to allow self-governing Taiwan to open an office in Lithuania under its own name.
In Washington, US State Department spokesman Ned Price condemned what he called China's "coercion" and said all countries should be free to determine how to handle relations with Taiwan without Beijing's interference.
"Each country should be able to determine the contours of its own 'One-China' policy without outside coercion."Separately, organisers of the Venice Film Festival were urged to designate the island's submissions as coming from Taiwan, said Kendra Chen, deputy director of the Foreign Ministry's Department of European Affairs.
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