National Palace Museum Exhibition in Czech Republic Threatened With Attacks

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Taiwan’s National Palace Museum recently flew several artifacts to the Czech Republic for a special exhibition as part of a cultural exchange with several European countries. But the exhibit has been marred by threats of attacks if it continues.

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00:00The National Palace Museum in Taipei recently sent several artifacts to the Czech Republic

00:05for a special exhibition. But now Taiwan's government says it has received threats of

00:09a potential attack if the event goes on. The museum began its Centennial Overseas

00:15exhibition at the Czech National Museum on September 11. But Taiwan's mainland affairs

00:20council, foreign ministry and cultural ministry all received emails threatening arson, theft

00:26and shootings if the exhibit continues. The National Palace Museum says it has tightened

00:31security and call for respect toward cultural exchange activities.

00:35Today on the morning, the mayor of the Czech Republic has opened the

00:38Czech Republic's emergency meeting meeting. At the meeting, he also invited the

00:43member of the Czech Republic's member to the cooperation of the Czech Republic.

00:47In terms of the Czech Republic, after we received the information,

00:51the member of the Czech Republic and the Czech Republic of the Czech Republic.

00:58The Palace Museum says the exhibition is currently proceeding normally.

01:03The mainland affairs council, which handles relations with China,

01:06says it strongly condemns the threats and that it's working with Taiwan's representative

01:11office and authorities in the Czech Republic to step up security measures there.

01:16The foreign ministry also says it's working with the Czech representative office

01:20to liaise with the Czech police.

01:35As Taiwan condemns the threats, attention is now all on what happens next

01:40and whether the exhibition will be affected.

01:42Liang Lian and Ellen Lu in Taipei for Taiwan Plus.

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