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Members of the US Congress visited Taiwan this week, right on the heels of a landmark visit by an official EU delegation. Meanwhile, in Europe, the Czech Republic’s new government is sending out positive signals about its future ties with Taiwan. Czech MEP Markéta Gregorová and Czech thinktank director Jakub Janda tell Insider why Czech-Taiwan ties are growing stronger.

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