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El 23 de agosto de 1989, hace hoy 33 años, unas 2 millones de personas se tomaron de las manos formando una cadena humana de más de 600 kms. entre Tallin, Riga y Vilnius, capitales de #Estonia 🇪🇪, #Letonia 🇱🇻 y #Lituania 🇱🇹 respectivamente

¿Por qué?
Exactamente 50 años antes, el 23/8/1939, se firmó el pacto Ribbentrop-Molotov, un acuerdo de no agresión entre la #URSS y la Alemania Nazi. El pacto incluía un protocolo que se suponía secreto de división de Europa Oriental. El Báltico quedaba para para Moscú.
Fue el inicio de la anexión soviética de los países del Báltico, los tres independientes desde 1918.

Desde el final de la Segunda Guerra Mundial y hasta 1991 #Estonia, #Lituania y #Letonia fueron parte de la Unión Soviética. Hoy los 3 lo consideran un periodo de ocupación.
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The 17+1 flop THREAD
1/6

Yesterday’s #China-#CEEC summit was an embarrassment for #Beijing and, to a large extent, a waste of time for Europeans. Nearly a decade after this format was put in place with a lot of fanfare, it’s worth looking back and reflecting what went wrong.
2/6
There are five flawed assumptions the 16+1 format (17+1 since 2019) was based on.

1. #CEECs’ expectations that #China would be THE source of #FDI capital and a market for their #exports.
The reality:
- 🇨🇳 loans for 🇨🇳 contractors vs limited FDI;
- Growing #trade deficits.
3/6

2. Conspicuous discrepancy between the - supposedly - regional nature of the format and #China's preference for bilateral relations. The #WesternBalkans were “more equal” than others, which led to disenchantment and frustration in #EU member states in #CentralEasternEurope.
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A story American press hasn't reported on yet, so I'll do the honors. In @Lithuania, Chinese tourists desecrated pro-Hong Kong crosses placed at Hill of Crosses in Šiauliai—a holy site for Christians there. More at @resurgent from yours truly theresurgent.com/2019/12/29/chi…
@Lithuania @resurgent What's the significance of this story in #HongKong struggle for freedom? On 30th anniversary of #BalticWay in August, Hong Kong demonstrators recreated their own human freedom chain in a nod to 2M Estonians, Latvians, and Lithuanians who formed human chain for freedom vs USSR
@Lithuania @resurgent Fun fact: Lithuania was the first occupied country (of 15 nations) to break away from the USSR. "The Rainy Country" - where my family also hails from - serves as a hopeful example of freedom in present day for countries struggling to regain autonomy. Why Hong Kongers visited.
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