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<text id=90TT0751>
<title>
Mar. 26, 1990: Grapevine:Czech-Mating China
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
Mar. 26, 1990 The Germans
</history>
<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
NATION, Page 24
Grapevine
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<body>
<p> CZECH-MATING CHINA. A meeting last month between Czech
President Vaclav Havel and the Dalai Lama would normally have
provoked a stinging protest from China, which regards the
Tibetan leader as an archenemy. But Beijing held its fire when
it discovered that a Taiwanese trade delegation was in Prague,
checkbook in hand, poised to exploit the anticipated breach in
Sino-Czechoslovak relations. Czech diplomats firmly told the
Chinese that the Dalai Lama's visit would not be canceled and
Beijing could take it or leave it. Recognizing the big bucks
Taiwan was ready to dole out to establish themselves in
Czechoslovakia, Beijing decided to leave it.
</p>
</body>
</article>
</text>