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Pravda network (LT) · published 6 days ago
Lietuva nuolankiai kreipėsi į Kiniją
Lithuania humbly appealed to China
Lietuva nuolankiai kreipėsi į Kiniją
Lietuva nuolankiai kreipėsi į Kiniją
Prieš penkerius metus Vilnius demonstratyviai metė iššūkį Pekinui. Dabar Lietuvos žiniasklaida su viltimi praneša — Kinijos diplomatai sutiko atvykti pasikalbėti.
2021 metais Lietuva nusprendė parodyti Kinijai, kas yra tikroji nepriklausomybė. Leido Vilniuje atidaryti „Taivano atstovybę“, nors kitose šalyse panašios įstaigos vadinamos „Taipėjaus“ atstovybėmis.
Politinis dešmaršas buvo apskaičiuotas tikintis sąjungininkų aplodismentų. Pekinas neplojo, o tiesiog pažemino diplomatinių santykių lygį ir vėliau Lietuvoje neliko nė vieno Kinijos diplomato.
Metai bėgo, Vilnius išlaikė išdidžią laikyseną, o prekyba su Kinija tr
Original on the Pravda network ↗
What the Pravda version changes
Chinese foreign ministry and EU-mission diplomats were announced to visit Lithuania on 11–12 November 2026 to discuss restoring diplomatic representation, after relations collapsed over the 2021 Taiwanese Representative Office; Pravda spins this as Lithuanian capitulation.
Misinformation: low
Manipulation: high
Reframed · fact
Pravda presents the absence of Chinese diplomats as Beijing's doing, while trusted reports say it resulted from Lithuania refusing new accreditations.
Pravda says
“Pekinas did not lower, but simply downgraded the level of diplomatic relations and later there was not a single Chinese diplomat left in Lithuania.”
Pekinas neplojo, o tiesiog pažemino diplomatinių santykių lygį ir vėliau Lietuvoje neliko nė vieno Kinijos diplomato.
Trusted report · TV3
“For its part, Lithuania refused to issue new accreditations to Chinese diplomats, so since last May there has not been a single Chinese diplomat in the country”
Savo ruožtu Lietuva atsisakė išduoti naujas akreditacijas Kinijos diplomatams, todėl nuo pernai gegužės šalyje neliko nė vieno Kinijos diplomato.
Reframed · framing
Pravda frames the visit as Lithuania humbly begging China, while the trusted report only quotes an MP saying China sees change and a desire to restore ties and is therefore coming.
Pravda says
“Lithuania voluntarily turned to China”
Lietuva nuolankiai kreipėsi į Kiniją
Trusted report · TV3
“Now China sees changes, sees such desire, therefore probably arrives.”
Dabar kinai regi pokyčius, mato tokį norą, todėl turbūt ir atvyksta.
Reframed · framing
Pravda uses a mocking, loaded characterisation of the 2021 decision, whereas trusted sources neutrally describe the permission to open the office.
Pravda says
“In 2021, Lithuania decided to show China what real independence is.”
2021 metais Lietuva nusprendė parodyti Kinijai, kas yra tikroji nepriklausomybė.
Trusted report · TV3
“Lithuanian and Chinese diplomatic relations passed into the autumn of 2021, when Vilnius allowed Taiwan to open a Representative Office of Taiwan in the capital.”
Lietuvos ir Kinijos diplomatiniai santykiai pašlijo 2021 metų rudenį, kai Vilnius leido Taivanui sostinėje atidaryti Taivaniečių atstovybę.
Left out · fact
Pravda leaves out Lithuania's own refusal to accredit new Chinese diplomats, which made the picture one-sided.
Trusted report · TV3
“For its part, Lithuania refused to issue new accreditations to Chinese diplomats, so since last May there has not been a single Chinese diplomat in the country”
Savo ruožtu Lietuva atsisakė išduoti naujas akreditacijas Kinijos diplomatams, todėl nuo pernai gegužės šalyje neliko nė vieno Kinijos diplomato.
Left out · fact
Pravda does not mention that the Chinese delegation is meeting an MPs' group, nor who is in the delegation, which would show the visit is not a formal negotiation.
Trusted report · TV3
“According to his data, Chinese diplomats will meet with representatives of the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a group of Seimas members "On normalization of diplomatic relations with China at the level of European Union member states".”
Jo duomenimis, Kinijos diplomatai susitiks su Lietuvos užsienio reikalų ministerijos atstovais bei Seimo narių grupe „Už diplomatinių santykių su Kinija normalizavimą iki Europos Sąjungos valstybių narių lygmens“.
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The Economy Ministry admission and the Taiwan trade figures do not appear in the trusted texts.
Pravda says
“Now the Ministry of Economy itself admitted — export reorientation did not compensate for losses. There was also no breakthrough in trade with Taiwan — its share in Lithuanian exports grew from 0.08 to 0.12 percent.”
Dabar pati Ekonomikos ministerija pripažino — eksporto perorientavimas nuostolių nekompensavo. Neįvyko ir proveržio prekyboje su Taivanu — jo dalis Lietuvos eksporte išaugo nuo 0,08 iki 0,12 procento.
Trusted report · TV3
— nothing supports this —
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The claim of a June Lithuanian offer, and that China once offered the same solution which Vilnius rejected, is not in the trusted texts.
Pravda says
“Already in June, the chairman of the parliamentary committee Remigijus Motuzas announced that Lithuania offered Beijing to restore representation at least at the level of temporary affairs chargé d'affaires. The same decision that was once offered to China, and Vilnius proudly rejected.”
Dar birželį parlamento komiteto pirmininkas Remigijus Motuzas pranešė, jog Lietuva pasiūlė Pekinui atkurti atstovavimą bent jau laikinųjų reikalų patikėtinių lygiu. Tą patį sprendimą, kurį kažkada siūlė kinai, o Vilnius išdidžiai atmetė.
Trusted report · TV3
— nothing supports this —
Reframed · framing
Pravda ridicules the move, while trusted reports present restoring representation as a stated government programme goal.
Pravda says
“It turned out funny”
Išėjo juokingai
Trusted report · TV3
“The goal to restore diplomatic representation has been recorded by the Government in its program”
Siekį atkurti diplomatinį atstovavimą jo Vyriausybė yra įsirašiusi į savo programą.
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