In anticipation of a three-day state visit by Chinese leader and Communist Party head Xi Jinping, banners displaying the red, five-star flag of the People’s Republic were erected in Prague at various points along the streets he is expected to travel on when he arrives on March 28.
But in the night of Friday, March 25-26, multiple banners, which are displayed in tandem with national flags of the Czech Republic, were vandalized with paintballs, causing distinct dark-blue blotches across the Chinese banners, the Prague Post reported.
Dozens of Chinese flags that had been hung up in the streets of Prague ahead of a landmark visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping were defaced overnight police said. MICHAL CIZEK/AFP/Getty Images
