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Beijing has lifted a four day block on Lithuanian exports crossing into China. At issue was Lithuania hosting a modest Taiwanese diplomatic presence in Vilnius. Finbarr Bermingham is the Europe correspondent for the South China Morning Post and explains the background. And we get wider context on how Europe might respond to the dispute from Jonathan Hackenbroich of the European Council on Foreign Relations.
Also in the programme, Presidents Biden and Putin of the United States and Russia are talking today in a bid to stave off the threat of military action against Ukraine by Russian forces. We examine what sort of sanctions the West might impose on Russia in the event of an invasion, with Professor Anders Aslund, of the Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies at Georgetown University.
Plus, one trend that has emerged during the coronavirus pandemic has been a plethora of services promising to deliver goods locally in a matter of minutes. The 大象传媒's Victoria Craig reports on the growing sector, and asks whether it is here to stay.

Today's edition is presented by Fergus Nicoll, and produced by Ivana Davidovic, Sara Parry, Nisha Patel and Tom Kavanagh.