The Rise and Fall of China-Czechia Relations 

In August, Beijing introduced it was chopping contact with Czech President Petr Pavel after his non-public assembly with the Dalai Lama in India. In actuality, there was little contact to sever. The period of his predecessor – former President Miloš Zeman, who as soon as referred to as Xi Jinping his “younger buddy” and informed Chinese language tv that Czechs ought to “be taught from China the way to stabilize society” – is lengthy gone.