China’s biggest city, Shanghai, has cut all official ties with Prague,
news agency Reuters reported on Tuesday. The move came after Prague City
Hall signed a partnership agreement with the Taiwanese capital of Taipei on
Monday and is seen as the latest exchange in Czech-Chinese diplomatic
tensions.
Prague previously had a sister city agreement with the Chinese capital of
Beijing, which included a clause recognising the One China policy. However,
following elections in 2018, Prague City Hall’s new ruling coalition said
it wanted to remove the clause, sparking a series of tit-for-tat moves that
led to the cancelling of the agreement.