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https://www.washingtonpost.com/opin...are-giving-europe-lesson-how-deal-with-china/
This week, a senior Czech politician, Milos Vystrcil, visited Taiwan and delivered a powerful speech to the parliament in Taipei, echoing John F. Kennedy‘s “Ich bin ein Berliner” — or, as Vystrcil put it, “I am Taiwanese.”
The reaction of Chinese state media and the government was instant. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, on a visit to Germany, threatened to make Vystrcil, the speaker of the upper house of the Czech parliament, “pay a heavy price for his short-sighted behavior and political opportunism.” Wang’s outburst triggered immediate pushback not only from the Czech foreign ministry but also from German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the French.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...diplomat-warns-on-chinese-threats-over-taiwan
A tense back-and-forth in Berlin on Tuesday showed how a planned Chinese charm offensive in Europe only appears to have backfired.
On the final stop of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s five-nation swing through Europe, he was confronted by German counterpart Heiko Maas for saying the Czech Senate president would pay a “heavy price” for his Taiwan visit. Maas said he’d spoken by phone with his Czech counterpart and emphasized that Europe wouldn’t be intimidated.
https://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/crise-sino-tcheque-paris-solidaire-de-prague-20200901
The Czech Foreign Ministry summoned the Chinese ambassador to Prague on Monday.
By Le Figaro with AFP
Posted on September 1, 2020 at 8:43 AM
France expressed its solidarity with the Czech Republic on Tuesday (September 1) after threats, which it deemed unacceptable, from China against a Czech politician visiting Taiwan. " Euro-Chinese relations must be based on dialogue, the principle of reciprocity and mutual respect, essential conditions for the deepening of our partnership, " said the spokesperson for the French Foreign Ministry. “ In this regard, no threat to a member state of the European Union is acceptable and we express our solidarity with the Czech Republic, ” added Agnès von der Mühll.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opin...are-giving-europe-lesson-how-deal-with-china/
This week, a senior Czech politician, Milos Vystrcil, visited Taiwan and delivered a powerful speech to the parliament in Taipei, echoing John F. Kennedy‘s “Ich bin ein Berliner” — or, as Vystrcil put it, “I am Taiwanese.”
The reaction of Chinese state media and the government was instant. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, on a visit to Germany, threatened to make Vystrcil, the speaker of the upper house of the Czech parliament, “pay a heavy price for his short-sighted behavior and political opportunism.” Wang’s outburst triggered immediate pushback not only from the Czech foreign ministry but also from German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the French.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...diplomat-warns-on-chinese-threats-over-taiwan
A tense back-and-forth in Berlin on Tuesday showed how a planned Chinese charm offensive in Europe only appears to have backfired.
On the final stop of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s five-nation swing through Europe, he was confronted by German counterpart Heiko Maas for saying the Czech Senate president would pay a “heavy price” for his Taiwan visit. Maas said he’d spoken by phone with his Czech counterpart and emphasized that Europe wouldn’t be intimidated.
https://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/crise-sino-tcheque-paris-solidaire-de-prague-20200901
The Czech Foreign Ministry summoned the Chinese ambassador to Prague on Monday.
By Le Figaro with AFP
Posted on September 1, 2020 at 8:43 AM
France expressed its solidarity with the Czech Republic on Tuesday (September 1) after threats, which it deemed unacceptable, from China against a Czech politician visiting Taiwan. " Euro-Chinese relations must be based on dialogue, the principle of reciprocity and mutual respect, essential conditions for the deepening of our partnership, " said the spokesperson for the French Foreign Ministry. “ In this regard, no threat to a member state of the European Union is acceptable and we express our solidarity with the Czech Republic, ” added Agnès von der Mühll.
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