BEIJING - It is pure defamation to say that China "chased" Lithuanian diplomats from Beijing, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Tuesday, adding China believes the international community will not buy Lithuania's one-sided story. spokesman Zhao Lijian made the remarks at a daily press briefing in response to a query on an article in The Economist, which said that China "unilaterally" downgraded diplomatic relations with Lithuania to the chargé d'affaires level and "forced"...