Taiwan is pushing Europe to treat Taiwan Strait security as a direct economic interest, framing its exclusion from the UN as a problem for Czech business, not a far-away regional dispute.

• Taiwan's representative in Prague, Chen Li-kuo, argues UN Resolution 2758 has been stretched far beyond its original meaning to block Taiwan from international bodies.
• The 1971 resolution settled who represents China at the UN; it said nothing about Taiwan's status or its people's right to join global organizations.
• The pitch to Czechs is economic: their exporters depend on global supply chains, and any blockade or conflict in the strait would raise shipping costs and delay deliveries.
• Semiconductors are the other lever — Taiwan makes the advanced chips Czechia needs as it builds out its own chip, AI, and research sectors.
• Russia's invasion of Ukraine is the reference point: Europe learned that distance does not protect energy, supply chains, or critical infrastructure from a distant war.

Outlook: Expect Taiwan to keep courting Czech lawmakers, universities, and companies through unofficial channels, with President Petr Pavel's UN remarks on the strait cited as evidence the message is landing.