Amid the brewing tensions between China and Taiwan , Czech authorities revealed that Chinese agents operating out of the Beijing embassy in Prague planned a staged car crash targeting Taiwan’s Vice President Hsiao Bi-Khim. The Czech Republic’s military intelligence chief called it a plot to intimidate Taiwan’s vice president during her visit to Prague last year.
The intelligence chief went on to call the revelation “unprecedented” by China in Europe . Citing Czech military intelligence, the country’s public broadcaster, Czech Radio, reported that Chinese agents plotted a “demonstrative kinetic action” targeting Hsiao during her March 2024 visit to Prague.
This was the Taiwanese Vice President’s first visit abroad since her and President Lai Ching-te’s election victory . Agency Director Petr Bartovský told Czech Radio that the Chinese plan involved staging a collision with the car carrying Hsiao. Bartovský made it clear that the attempt “did not go beyond the planning stage.”
