China Slams Czechs Over Taiwan Visit as Ties Continue to Unravel
- Taiwanese legislative speaker is visiting Czech Republic
- Embassy calls Czechs to stop sending false signals to Taiwan
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China slammed the Czech Republic for hosting a Taiwanese legislative delegation, deepening the rapid erosion of ties between Beijing and one of its formerly staunchest European Union allies.
Taiwanese Speaker You Si-kun’s three-day visit to Prague follows a string of spats between China and the Czechs, who have hosted official delegations from Taiwan and Tibet in what the Chinese government condemns as a violation of its policy that does not recognize them as sovereign countries.