The head of the Czech Senate, Milos Vystrcil, arrived in Taiwan on Aug. 30 along with a large delegation for a rare trip by a senior foreign official that has angered Beijing, which considers the island a breakaway province ineligible for state-to-state relations.
Vystrcil, who as president of the Senate is effectively the second-highest-ranking official in the Czech Republic after the country’s president, said the multi-day visit would promote business links with Taiwan, and the Czech Republic wouldn’t bow to Beijing’s objections.
