When Czechia’s second-highest official flew to Taiwan in June, he traveled on a commercial ticket. His own government had refused to lend him a state plane.
On July 20, the speaker of the country’s lower house of parliament landed in Beijing on a government aircraft, leading a delegation of Czech executives on a five-day visit.
The two trips reflected Prague’s changed approach to communist China under Prime Minister Andrej Babis, who took office in December. His government has set aside the Taiwan-friendly, values-based foreign policy of its predecessor for what Babis calls a more pragmatic course, one built around trade rather than values….
Czech Lower House Speaker Leads Business Delegation to Beijing in Shift From Taiwan
