How a Politician’s Death Deepened the Czech Rift With China
- Senate speaker suffered heart attack amid plan to visit Taiwan
- His successor headed to Taipei this week facing similar stress
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Pressure on a Czech politician over plans to visit Taiwan grew so great that it contributed to his death, according to his family. Now his replacement has gone ahead with the trip -- widening a rift between China and what was once one of its biggest cheerleaders in the European Union.