In a pure display of blind arrogance, China Minister of Foreign Affairs, Wang Yi (王毅), has threatened Zdeněk Hřib, the Prague mayor and Milos Vystrcil, the President of the Senate of the Czech Republic saying he will "pay a heavy price for his short-sighted behaviour and political opportunism"[1] for having dared pay an official visit to Taiwan last week, as part of a 90 people delegation.
This obviously did not sit well with Pavel Novotny, the mayor of a Prague district Reporyje, who sent an epic formal response to Wang via the China embassy, stating : "That was the LAST time you opened your mouth to the Czech Republic! Your statement is far beyond the edge of diplomatically acceptable. How dare you threaten the President of the Senate of the Czech Republic with "you will pay a high price ...", you unmannered rude clowns!" "Be ashamed and please note that in the event of just a future hint of a tone that might look like another threat to our sovereign state, I will make you pay such a high price for bullying, and you will not like it. You will not train us from a position of strength and I warn you that the reaction on our part would be the same even if you invested 14 times more with us than our friends from Taiwan instead of 14 times less." [1] http://degue.st/yGZC #CzechStyle
China silent on arrest of Australian journalist
[NFA] Australia does not know why Chinese authorities have detained Australian citizen and television anchor Cheng Lei, Trade Minister Simon Birmingham said on Tuesday, adding to the mystery of why the journalist has been taken into custody.