[The World’s Changing Views towards China 1/2]
Three Lithuanian parliamentarians, Zygimantas Pavilionis, Audronius Azubalis and Ausrine Armonaite called on their government to establish a representative office in Taiwan to demonstrate support for democracy and freedom, and for closer bilateral trade, since Lithuania currently only recognises the Beijing government diplomatically. They were deeply impressed with Taiwan’s economic success and their spirit in fighting for freedom and democracy against the Communist PRC, to which the Taiwan Foreign Ministry responded with gratitude and hope.
#Taiwan #DiplomaticRelations #Lithuania
Source: Focus Taiwan
http://m.focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201910070009.aspx
Three Lithuanian parliamentarians, Zygimantas Pavilionis, Audronius Azubalis and Ausrine Armonaite called on their government to establish a representative office in Taiwan to demonstrate support for democracy and freedom, and for closer bilateral trade, since Lithuania currently only recognises the Beijing government diplomatically. They were deeply impressed with Taiwan’s economic success and their spirit in fighting for freedom and democracy against the Communist PRC, to which the Taiwan Foreign Ministry responded with gratitude and hope.
#Taiwan #DiplomaticRelations #Lithuania
Source: Focus Taiwan
http://m.focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201910070009.aspx
[The World’s Changing Views towards China 2/2]
Prague city council moves to axe partnership with Beijing after it failed to remove an article requiring it commit to the "one China" principle.
Czech-Chinese relations were already strained last year by the Czech cyber-security watchdog warning against the risks of using equipment made by China's Huawei and ZTE in critical infrastructure, and trips of several Czech musical groups to China being cancelled by the Chinese authorities. Furthermore, the Chinese Embassy in Prague said last month that the clashes were caused by the Czech side.
#DiplomaticRelations #Prague
Source: Reuters
https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN1WM1KS
Prague city council moves to axe partnership with Beijing after it failed to remove an article requiring it commit to the "one China" principle.
Czech-Chinese relations were already strained last year by the Czech cyber-security watchdog warning against the risks of using equipment made by China's Huawei and ZTE in critical infrastructure, and trips of several Czech musical groups to China being cancelled by the Chinese authorities. Furthermore, the Chinese Embassy in Prague said last month that the clashes were caused by the Czech side.
#DiplomaticRelations #Prague
Source: Reuters
https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN1WM1KS
[Prague and Beijing 1/2]
China suffered a rare diplomatic discomfiture earlier this week.
Zdeněk Hřib from the Pirate Caucus, Prague’s newly-installed mayor, broached changes to the “one-China” clause in the sister city treaty with Chinese diplomats in March, arguing that #Prague should not be entangled in China’s territorial disputes and that his city must uphold human rights and universal values when furthering relations with China.
“Thirty years after the Velvet Revolution, we must remind ourselves that conscience is not for sale,” tweeted Michaela Krausova, head of the Pirate Caucus at the Prague City Council. The Facebook of the Pirate Caucus also blamed China kept bullying Prague with open threats and ended the thread by a meme of Xi and Winnie-the-Pooh. The Chinese leader is often caricatured for his passing resemblance to the teddy bear, although any such comparison is strictly banned in China.
The sister-city agreement was signed by Prague's previous municipal authorities led by then mayor Adriana Krnacova in 2016 ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to the Prague.
But after the upstart Pirate party took over the Prague mayorship in November 2018, Prague has publicly supported freedom in Taiwan and Tibet.
#DiplomaticRelations #AntiAuthoritarian #SayNoToChina #Xinniethepooh
Source: Asia Times
https://www.asiatimes.com/2019/10/article/taiwan-gets-ally-as-prague-mayor-cuts-beijing-ties/
Read the recent development of Prague-China Relations:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/8104
China suffered a rare diplomatic discomfiture earlier this week.
Zdeněk Hřib from the Pirate Caucus, Prague’s newly-installed mayor, broached changes to the “one-China” clause in the sister city treaty with Chinese diplomats in March, arguing that #Prague should not be entangled in China’s territorial disputes and that his city must uphold human rights and universal values when furthering relations with China.
“Thirty years after the Velvet Revolution, we must remind ourselves that conscience is not for sale,” tweeted Michaela Krausova, head of the Pirate Caucus at the Prague City Council. The Facebook of the Pirate Caucus also blamed China kept bullying Prague with open threats and ended the thread by a meme of Xi and Winnie-the-Pooh. The Chinese leader is often caricatured for his passing resemblance to the teddy bear, although any such comparison is strictly banned in China.
The sister-city agreement was signed by Prague's previous municipal authorities led by then mayor Adriana Krnacova in 2016 ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to the Prague.
But after the upstart Pirate party took over the Prague mayorship in November 2018, Prague has publicly supported freedom in Taiwan and Tibet.
#DiplomaticRelations #AntiAuthoritarian #SayNoToChina #Xinniethepooh
Source: Asia Times
https://www.asiatimes.com/2019/10/article/taiwan-gets-ally-as-prague-mayor-cuts-beijing-ties/
Read the recent development of Prague-China Relations:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/8104
Asia Times
Taiwan gets ally as Prague mayor cuts Beijing ties
China suffered a rare diplomatic discomfiture earlier this week when the municipal government of Prague determined to sever sister city ties with Beijing, as ideas diverged between the ci…