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BEIJING. Chinese diplomat Wang Yi said Czech Senate Speaker Milos Vystrcil “will pay a heavy price” for violating the one-China principle by making an official visit to Taiwan, according to a statement issued Monday by the US Foreign Ministry. China.
Vystrcil arrived in Taipei on Sunday. He said his visit will promote trade ties with Taiwan and the Czech Republic will not give in to Beijing’s objections.
“We will make him pay a high price for his shortsighted behavior and political opportunism,” Wang said during a visit to Germany.
Wang said that defying the one-China principle amounts to “becoming the enemy of 1.4 billion Chinese,” and the Chinese government and people will not tolerate such “open provocation” by the president of the Czech Senate and the anti-China forces behind. of the. .
The one-China principle refers to China and Taiwan, both belonging to “one China,” a position that Beijing requires all countries with which it has diplomatic relations to comply.
China considers Taiwan to be a separatist province ineligible for state-to-state relations.
