Relationship dossier
Czech Republic
Taiwan
Relationship assessment
Substantial unofficial cooperation, alongside Czechia’s one-China policy and the absence of formal diplomatic relations
Czech Republic toward Taiwan
+35Czechia supports Taiwan’s participation in international organizations, including the World Health Organization, while maintaining its one-China policy. Czech institutions have also engaged in sustained economic, scientific and parliamentary exchanges with Taiwan.
Taiwan toward Czech Republic
+35Taiwan has pursued economic and scientific cooperation with Czechia and provided medical supplies to the country during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Overall relationship
+35The relationship combines sustained unofficial economic, scientific and parliamentary cooperation with a continuing diplomatic constraint: Czechia does not maintain formal diplomatic relations with Taiwan and adheres to its one-China policy. Practical exchanges and Taiwan’s pandemic assistance have supported closer ties without removing that constraint.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Czechia and Taiwan maintain substantial unofficial cooperation, particularly in economic, scientific and parliamentary exchanges. Czechia adheres to its one-China policy while supporting Taiwan’s participation in international organizations, and Taiwan provided medical supplies to Czechia during the COVID-19 pandemic. The relationship is active but constrained by the absence of formal diplomatic ties.
Key developments
Czechia opened a representative office in Taipei, establishing an institutional channel for unofficial relations.
Taiwan provided medical supplies to Czechia during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral economic and scientific arrangements are unclear.
- The extent of Czech government support for Taiwan’s international participation varies across institutions and issues.