How a tiny European country took on China over Taiwan

A curious spat has unfolded in recent months between Lithuania, a small, Eastern European nation of less than 3 million people, and China, a superpower with an economy that could soon exceed that of the United States. It all started last year, when Lithuania poked Beijing in the eye -- twice in the space of a few months. First, it withdrew from the so-called "17+1" group, a forum in which 17