Taipei Times
Date: Jul 04, 2019
By: The Guardian
Zdenk Hib had been Prague’s mayor for little more than a month when he went face-to-face with the
Prague Mayor Zdenk Hib is pictured in an undated photograph.
Photo: Screen grab from Zdenk Hib’s Facebook page
Hosting a meeting with foreign diplomats in the city, Hib was asked by the Chinese ambassador to expel their Taiwanese counterpart from the gathering in deference to Beijing’s “one China” principle.
Given Chinese investments in the Czech Republic — including the acquisition of soccer club Slavia Prague, a major brewery and a stake in a private TV station — the fledgling mayor could have easily agreed.
The Prague City Council had, under his predecessor, signed a twin cit3ies agreement with Beijing that explicitly recognized the “one China” principle. [FULL SORY]
