When the Czech Republic opens a cultural centre in Taipei, besides already having a trade office, it is the last step in a close relationship that goes back to the end of Communist rule in Czechoslovakia. But it is also the ultimate act of a failed attempt to get Prague closer to China, in which Beijing's policy of coercion has backfired and brought the Czechs closer to Taiwan.

Featuring analysts Daniel McVicar, and Filip Šebok from the Association for International Affairs.