Voice Of Amnerica
Date: August 30, 2020
By: Joyce Huang

In this image made from video, the Czech Senate President Milos Vystrcil, center, and Taiwan's Foreign Minister Joseph Wu, center right, wave at the Taoyuan International Airport, Aug. 30, 2020, in Taoyuan, Taiwan.

In defiance of China, a delegation, led by Czech Senate President Miloš Vystrčil, Sunday arrived in Taiwan on a six-day visit — the highest-level exchange between the two countries to cement economic and cultural ties.

Observers, whom VOA spoke to, noted that the visit says a lot about China’s failing ‘coercive diplomacy’ in the Czech Republic although it remains to be seen if other European countries will follow suit to trigger a chain effect.

The Czech Republic adheres to the One China policy but maintains unofficial ties with Taiwan.

“This will be a trip to honor the spirits of late Czech President Václav Havel,” Vystrčil told the 89-member delegation ahead of the trip, according to Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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