Czech PM Babis Criticises Senate Leader's Taiwan Trip for Damaging China Business Ties

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The Chinese server linked to the Chinese communist government, Global Times, noticed that Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO) will not provide Senate Speaker Miloš Vystrčil (ODS) with a government special to visit Taiwan. The Chinese “expert” Feng Jiang, who was contacted, said that this reflects the Czech Republic’s two different positions on Taiwan policy.

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The opposition TOP 09 has protested against the government of Andrej Babiš restricting the travel of Senate Speaker Miloš Vystrčil (ODS) to Taiwan. "Not going to Taiwan is a kowtowing to China," said party chairman Matěj Ondřej Havel. He called on the government to reconsider its position and allow Vystrčil to travel on a government special plane with businessmen and investors.

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The government of Prime Minister Andrej Babiš is striving for a more accommodating policy towards China. Because of this, it will not provide a plane for Senate Speaker Miloš Vystrčil to travel to Taiwan. The United States has appreciated Prague's existing partnership with Taipei. This follows from government documents available to Deník N.

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During his first years in high politics, Andrej Babiš was wary of China. This was probably partly due to his own, then-fresh experience with doing business in the Middle Kingdom, which ended in losses in the hundreds of millions, but the important thing was that he did not bow down to Beijing. He was significantly more critical of China than...