Shanghai breaks with Prague over partnership with Taiwan

Czech capital becomes sister cities with Taipei despite Belt and Road role

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Prague Mayor Zdenek Hrib, right, shakes hands with Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je in front of the Prague astronomical clock in Prague, Czech Republic on Jan. 13. © AP

ALEX FANG, Nikkei staff writer

NEW YORK -- Shanghai suspended all ties with Prague on Tuesday, including its status as a sister city, after the Czech capital and vital stop on China's Belt and Road granted the same partnership to Taipei.

Prague inked the twinning agreement for commercial and cultural promotion with Taiwan's capital on Monday, days after the island's independence-leaning President Tsai Ing-wen won reelection by a landslide.

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