Czech Communists Show Fealty to China
(World News Cezch Republic)

The Czech Communist Party`s brazen siding with China worries parts of the political establishment and the security services, especially given it provides support to the minority government in return for influence on policy. Facing a panel of stern officials backed by red flags in a cavernous chamber, a pudgy grey-haired man peers out from a screen, keen to assure them of his loyalty. “The vast majority of Czech people actively support the strengthening of friendship and cooperation with China,” Vojtech Filip pledges. All involved know that this statement proffered by the chairman of the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSCM) is false. But the important point seems to be for Filip to...