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Relatives allege threats from China caused death of Czech Senate speaker
//Kubera passed away on Jan 20 at the age of 72 as he was preparing to make a trip to Taiwan
//Kubera’s widow and daughter said the speaker had received two threatening letters from the Chinese embassy and from the Czech presidential office cautioning him against visiting Taiwan
//The pro-Chinese faction in the Czech Republic’s government has close ties to a company named as PPF Group, which has interests in China
//[In Czech Republic] Only a minority of politicians and businesses have advocated stronger ties with Beijing, while Taiwan has won wider support, partly because of its efforts against the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
Full Article: Taiwan News, (01-May)
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Relatives allege threats from China caused death of Czech Senate speaker
//Kubera passed away on Jan 20 at the age of 72 as he was preparing to make a trip to Taiwan
//Kubera’s widow and daughter said the speaker had received two threatening letters from the Chinese embassy and from the Czech presidential office cautioning him against visiting Taiwan
//The pro-Chinese faction in the Czech Republic’s government has close ties to a company named as PPF Group, which has interests in China
//[In Czech Republic] Only a minority of politicians and businesses have advocated stronger ties with Beijing, while Taiwan has won wider support, partly because of its efforts against the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
Full Article: Taiwan News, (01-May)
#coronavirus #Czech #Taiwan #China #Kubera
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Relatives allege threats from China caused death of Czech Senate speaker
Kubera received threatening letter from Chinese embassy warning him against visiting Taiwan
Anger as Chinese Foreign Minister Threatens Czech Senate President: Scholar Says Czechs Are “Standing up to CCP’s Hooliganism”
China’s foreign minister Huang Yi said earlier that Miloš Vystrčil, the Czech senate president who visited Taiwan, will “pay a heavy price”. Noting such rare strong responses from the Czechs as summoning the Chinese ambassador, Czech scholar Filip Jirous said China had crossed the line and the Czechs are “standing up to CCP’s hooliganism”. Whether the Czechs’ relations with China will worsen depends on what China is up to and its next step.
In an interview with a Czech media organization on 31 August, Vystrčil criticized Huang for meddling with the Czech Republic’s internal affairs and said his comments were regrettable. Vystrčil stressed that the Czech Republic is a sovereign nation committed to developing good relations other countries. In leading a delegation to Taiwan, he aimed to foster cooperation between the two democracies and create good conditions for the Czech economy to grow. Vystrčil said also that Huang’s comments reminded him of the threatening letter sent to his late predecessor Jaroslav Kubera.
Kubera was scheduled to visit Taiwan in February, only to die a sudden death before the trip. In Vystrčil’s speech at National Chengchi University on the afternoon of 31 August, he mentioned that Kubera was planning on a visit to Taiwan but was pressured to call it off by the Chinese embassy and top-level Czech officials.
The pro-Beijing Czech president Miloš Zeman is strongly opposed to Kubera’s and Vystrčil’s visits to Taiwan. Meanwhile, the Czech foreign ministry summoned the China ambassador Zhang Jianwen on 31 August to protest against China’s unusually strong comment.
Source: Apple Daily #Sep01
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China’s foreign minister Huang Yi said earlier that Miloš Vystrčil, the Czech senate president who visited Taiwan, will “pay a heavy price”. Noting such rare strong responses from the Czechs as summoning the Chinese ambassador, Czech scholar Filip Jirous said China had crossed the line and the Czechs are “standing up to CCP’s hooliganism”. Whether the Czechs’ relations with China will worsen depends on what China is up to and its next step.
In an interview with a Czech media organization on 31 August, Vystrčil criticized Huang for meddling with the Czech Republic’s internal affairs and said his comments were regrettable. Vystrčil stressed that the Czech Republic is a sovereign nation committed to developing good relations other countries. In leading a delegation to Taiwan, he aimed to foster cooperation between the two democracies and create good conditions for the Czech economy to grow. Vystrčil said also that Huang’s comments reminded him of the threatening letter sent to his late predecessor Jaroslav Kubera.
Kubera was scheduled to visit Taiwan in February, only to die a sudden death before the trip. In Vystrčil’s speech at National Chengchi University on the afternoon of 31 August, he mentioned that Kubera was planning on a visit to Taiwan but was pressured to call it off by the Chinese embassy and top-level Czech officials.
The pro-Beijing Czech president Miloš Zeman is strongly opposed to Kubera’s and Vystrčil’s visits to Taiwan. Meanwhile, the Czech foreign ministry summoned the China ambassador Zhang Jianwen on 31 August to protest against China’s unusually strong comment.
Source: Apple Daily #Sep01
#Czech #Taiwan #China #Vystrcil #Kubera #Zeman #Diplomacy
https://bit.ly/301yKqX