Prague City Council Moves to Axe Partnership With Beijing

Prague City Council Moves to Axe Partnership With Beijing
A river ferry sails at the Vltava river connecting two sides of the city and one of the islands in Prague, Czech Republic on April 11, 2019. Joe Klamar/AFP/Getty Images
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PRAGUE—Prague city council voted on Oct. 7 to cancel a partnership agreement with Beijing after it failed to remove an article requiring it commit to the “one China” principle, which refers to the Chinese regime’s stance that Taiwan belongs to China.

The city’s leadership, elected last year, says it is non-standard for city-to-city partnerships such as the one signed by the previous administration in 2016, to include diplomatic matters that are up to national governments.