{"id":42241,"date":"2026-01-27T12:06:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T10:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/?p=42241"},"modified":"2026-01-28T15:14:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T13:14:40","slug":"chinese-espionage-case-tests-the-czechias-turn-toward-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/cs\/chinese-espionage-case-tests-the-czechias-turn-toward-china\/","title":{"rendered":"\u010c\u00ednsk\u00fd \u0161pion\u00e1\u017en\u00ed p\u0159\u00edpad testuje limity \u201e\u010desk\u00e9ho obratu\u201c k \u010c\u00edn\u011b"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"42241\" class=\"elementor elementor-42241\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6baeef79 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6baeef79\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d5dd137\" data-id=\"d5dd137\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46c91fc5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"46c91fc5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>.elementor-element-46c91fc5{display:none !important}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1586109f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1586109f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Foto: ChatGPT<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7c5a13ff elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7c5a13ff\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2dbe05cb\" data-id=\"2dbe05cb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-247a55f8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"247a55f8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-no-translation=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-66dccebe\" data-id=\"66dccebe\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c05b9f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3c05b9f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Co se d\u011bje?<\/h2><p>Dne 18. ledna zatkla \u010desk\u00e1 policie \u010d\u00ednsk\u00e9ho ob\u010dana \u2013 novin\u00e1\u0159e akreditovan\u00e9ho \u010desk\u00fdm Ministerstvem zahrani\u010dn\u00edch v\u011bc\u00ed \u2013 kv\u016fli obvin\u011bn\u00ed ze \u0161pion\u00e1\u017ee. Mu\u017e pracoval pro \u010d\u00ednsk\u00fd den\u00edk Guangming Daily (\u5149\u660e\u65e5\u5831). Ten je ovl\u00e1dan\u00fd Komunistickou stranou \u010c\u00edny a napojen\u00fd na \u010d\u00ednsk\u00e9 Ministerstvo st\u00e1tn\u00ed bezpe\u010dnosti (MSS). Je pov\u011bstn\u00fd \u0161\u00ed\u0159en\u00edm \u010d\u00ednsk\u00e9 st\u00e1tn\u00ed propagandy a zam\u011bstn\u00e1v\u00e1n\u00edm agent\u016f MSS v\u00a0zahrani\u010d\u00ed.<\/p><p>Mo\u017en\u00e1 nen\u00ed n\u00e1hodou, \u017ee k zat\u010den\u00ed do\u0161lo kr\u00e1tce pot\u00e9, co 1. ledna 2026 vstoupila v platnost novela z\u00e1kona zav\u00e1d\u011bj\u00edc\u00ed trestn\u00fd \u010din \u201eneopr\u00e1vn\u011bn\u00e9 \u010dinnosti pro ciz\u00ed mocnost\u201c. Jedn\u00e1 se o v\u016fbec prvn\u00ed p\u0159\u00edpad, kdy je cizinec podez\u0159el\u00fd ze \u0161pion\u00e1\u017ee v \u010cesk\u00e9 republice st\u00edh\u00e1n, a nikoli pouze deportov\u00e1n. Toto na\u010dasov\u00e1n\u00ed je v\u00fdznamn\u00e9 i pro \u010desko-\u010d\u00ednsk\u00e9 vztahy, u kter\u00fdch mnoz\u00ed o\u010dek\u00e1vali, \u017ee se pod novou koali\u010dn\u00ed vl\u00e1dou v \u010cesku otepl\u00ed.<\/p><h2>\u00a0<\/h2><h2>Jak\u00e9 jsou \u0161ir\u0161\u00ed souvislosti?<\/h2><p>Podle <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seznamzpravy.cz\/clanek\/domaci-kauzy-cinsky-propagandista-je-podezrely-ze-v-cesku-sbiral-kompro-na-politiky-297156\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">zpr\u00e1v<\/a> v m\u00e9di\u00edch se Jang I-ming (\u694a\u85dd\u660e) pokou\u0161el z\u00edskat informace o v\u00fdvoji \u010desk\u00e9 zahrani\u010dn\u00ed politiky, obzvl\u00e1\u0161t\u011b se pak zam\u011b\u0159oval na vztahy s Tchaj-wanem. Pro \u010d\u00ednsk\u00e9 publikum p\u0159ipravoval rozhovory a report\u00e1\u017ee o \u010cesku a regionu V4. Pro rozhovory si vyb\u00edral politiky, kte\u0159\u00ed sympatizuj\u00ed s\u00a0\u010c\u00ednou nebo otev\u0159en\u011b obdivuj\u00ed \u010d\u00ednsk\u00fd politick\u00fd syst\u00e9m. Mezi nimi byla Kate\u0159ina Kone\u010dn\u00e1, p\u0159edsedkyn\u011b KS\u010cM, nebo b\u00fdval\u00fd europoslanec Jan Zahradil, zn\u00e1m\u00fd sv\u00fdmi pozitivn\u00edmi postoji k\u00a0\u010c\u00edn\u011b, kter\u00fd <a href=\"https:\/\/motoristesobe.cz\/jan-zahradil-miri-k-motoristum-jako-expert-na-zahranicni-politiku-1891\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">p\u016fsob\u00ed<\/a> jako poradce pro zahrani\u010dn\u00ed politiku Motorist\u016f \u2013 strany, kter\u00e1 v sou\u010dasnosti dr\u017e\u00ed post ministra zahrani\u010d\u00ed.<\/p><p>Jang byl ale aktivn\u00ed i na Slovensku, kde d\u011blal rozhovory s vysoce postaven\u00fdmi slovensk\u00fdmi politiky, nap\u0159\u00edklad s Arturem Bekmatovem, poradcem slovensk\u00e9ho premi\u00e9ra Roberta Fica. Bekmatov se na sv\u00e9 facebookov\u00e9 str\u00e1nce <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bekmatovartur\/posts\/607617681589399?ref=embed_post\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">chlub\u00ed<\/a> \u010dtvrt\u00fdm d\u00edlem knihy <em>Spr\u00e1va \u010c\u00edny <\/em>od \u010d\u00ednsk\u00e9ho prezidenta Si \u0164in-pchinga a chv\u00e1l\u00ed \u010c\u00ednu jako \u201ezdroj inspirace p\u0159i hled\u00e1n\u00ed alternativ ke kapitalismu\u201c.<\/p><p>Nen\u00ed t\u011b\u017ek\u00e9 si v\u00a0takov\u00e9m kontextu p\u0159edstavit, \u017ee by podobn\u011b sm\u00fd\u0161lej\u00edc\u00ed osoby, kter\u00e9 maj\u00ed p\u0159\u00edstup k\u00a0vl\u00e1d\u011b, sd\u00edlely s \u010d\u00ednsk\u00fdm novin\u00e1\u0159em potenci\u00e1ln\u011b citliv\u00e9 informace. Sami politici \u010dasto hrd\u011b sd\u00edlej\u00ed takov\u00e9 rozhovory na soci\u00e1ln\u00edch s\u00edt\u00edch a chlub\u00ed se dary, kter\u00e9 obdr\u017eeli, co\u017e vede k opr\u00e1vn\u011bn\u00fdm obav\u00e1m z\u00a0korupce elit ze strany ciz\u00ed mocnosti (<em>elite capture<\/em>).<\/p><p>Jang I-mingovo zat\u010den\u00ed je v\u00fdznamn\u00e9 z n\u011bkolika d\u016fvod\u016f. Zaprv\u00e9, nov\u00e1 vl\u00e1da zahrnula do sv\u00e9ho programov\u00e9ho prohl\u00e1\u0161en\u00ed z\u00e1m\u011br paragraf o \u201eneopr\u00e1vn\u011bn\u00e9 \u010dinnosti pro ciz\u00ed mocnost\u201c zru\u0161it. Tento paragraf byl za p\u0159edchoz\u00ed vl\u00e1dy \u017eiv\u011b projedn\u00e1v\u00e1n a setkal se ze strany tehdej\u0161\u00ed opozice (dne\u0161n\u00ed vl\u00e1dn\u00ed koalice) se siln\u00fdm odporem. Jeho kritici tvrd\u00ed, \u017ee je p\u0159\u00edli\u0161 neur\u010dit\u00fd a zneu\u017eiteln\u00fd. Dan\u00fd p\u0159\u00edpad v\u0161ak jasn\u011b ilustruje typ zahrani\u010dn\u00edho vlivu, kter\u00fd m\u00e1 tento pr\u00e1vn\u00ed n\u00e1stroj \u0159e\u0161it. Premi\u00e9r Andrej Babi\u0161 v\u00a0reakci na Jang I-mingovo zat\u010den\u00ed <a href=\"https:\/\/denikn.cz\/1949580\/vazna-vec-rika-babis-o-zadrzeni-cinana-ruseni-daneho-trestneho-cinu-podle-nej-neni-na-stole-tejc-tvrdi-opak\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">uvedl<\/a>, \u017ee zru\u0161en\u00ed tohoto trestn\u00e9ho \u010dinu prozat\u00edm \u201enen\u00ed na stole\u201c \u2013 mo\u017en\u00e1 i proto, aby nepopudil Spojen\u00e9 st\u00e1ty.<\/p><p>Zadruh\u00e9, k zat\u010den\u00ed doch\u00e1z\u00ed uprost\u0159ed ve\u0159ejn\u011b ozn\u00e1men\u00e9ho \u201eobratu\u201c ve vztaz\u00edch \u010ceska s \u010c\u00ednou, pouh\u00fd t\u00fdden pot\u00e9, co \u010d\u00ednsk\u00e1 n\u00e1m\u011bstkyn\u011b ministryn\u011b zahrani\u010d\u00ed Chua \u010cchun-jing (\u83ef\u6625\u7469) nav\u0161t\u00edvila \u010cesko a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mzvcr\/posts\/1186948050287239?ref=embed_post\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">setkala<\/a> se sv\u00fdm prot\u011bj\u0161kem, Mari\u00ed Chatardovou. Hynek Kmon\u00ed\u010dek, seniorn\u00ed diplomat a nov\u011b jmenovan\u00fd Babi\u0161\u016fv poradce pro n\u00e1rodn\u00ed bezpe\u010dnost, ned\u00e1vno <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idnes.cz\/zpravy\/zahranicni\/hynek-kmonicek-obrat-cina-andrej-babis-rozstrel-geopolitika.A260113_171427_zahranicni_vov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hovo\u0159il<\/a> o \u201eobratu ve vztaz\u00edch s\u00a0\u010c\u00ednou\u201c a\u00a0uvedl, \u017ee \u010cesko usiluje jak o obnoven\u00ed obchodn\u00ed spolupr\u00e1ce s Pekingem, tak o pokra\u010dov\u00e1n\u00ed spolupr\u00e1ce s Tchaj-wanem. Objevily se tak\u00e9 diskuse o mo\u017en\u00e9 Babi\u0161ov\u011b n\u00e1v\u0161t\u011bv\u011b Pekingu koncem tohoto roku.<\/p><h2>\u00a0<\/h2><h2>Pro\u010d je to d\u016fle\u017eit\u00e9?<\/h2><p>Snad nejd\u016fle\u017eit\u011bj\u0161\u00edm faktorem, kter\u00fd sou\u010dasnou dynamiku formuje, jsou <strong>Spojen\u00e9 st\u00e1ty<\/strong>. Pot\u00e9, co se americk\u00e1 administrativa dozv\u011bd\u011bla o Babi\u0161ov\u011b pl\u00e1novan\u00e9 cest\u011b do \u010c\u00edny, americk\u00e9 velvyslanectv\u00ed \u00fadajn\u011b po\u017e\u00e1dalo \u010desk\u00e9 Ministerstvo zahrani\u010dn\u00edch v\u011bc\u00ed o vysv\u011btlen\u00ed. Ministerstvo odpov\u011bd\u011blo, \u017ee jak\u00e1koli cesta se uskute\u010dn\u00ed a\u017e pot\u00e9, co prob\u011bhne n\u00e1v\u0161t\u011bva prezidenta Donalda Trumpa v \u010c\u00edn\u011b.<\/p><p>Tato <strong>p\u0159\u00edli\u0161n\u00e1 z\u00e1vislost na USA v \u010desk\u00e9 zahrani\u010dn\u00ed politice<\/strong> je patrn\u00e1 i v jin\u00fdch p\u0159\u00edpadech. Nap\u0159\u00edklad zat\u00edmco v\u011bt\u0161ina evropsk\u00fdch st\u00e1t\u016f otev\u0159en\u011b odsoudila prohl\u00e1\u0161en\u00ed prezidenta Trumpa ohledn\u011b Gr\u00f3nska, \u010de\u0161t\u00ed p\u0159edstavitel\u00e9 ml\u010deli.<\/p><p>Lze vyvodit dva hlavn\u00ed z\u00e1v\u011bry: (1) \u010cesk\u00e9 zpravodajsk\u00e9 slu\u017eby op\u011bt prok\u00e1zaly, \u017ee jsou v p\u0159\u00edpad\u011b podez\u0159en\u00ed na zahrani\u010dn\u00ed vlivov\u00e9 operace schopny jednat rozhodn\u011b a samostatn\u011b. (2) Nov\u00e1 vl\u00e1da to nebude m\u00edt jednoduch\u00e9 ani se zru\u0161en\u00edm novely trestn\u00edho z\u00e1kon\u00edku, ani se zlep\u0161en\u00edm vztah\u016f s\u00a0\u010c\u00ednou \u2013 i v\u00a0kontextu sv\u00e9 strategick\u00e9 z\u00e1vislosti na Spojen\u00fdch st\u00e1tech.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo: ChatGPT Foto: ChatGPT What is happening? On January 18, the Czech police arrested a Chinese citizen \u2014 an accredited journalist registered with the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs \u2014 on charges of espionage. The man worked for Guangming Daily (\u5149\u660e\u65e5\u5831), a newspaper controlled by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and linked to China\u2019s Ministry [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":42243,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[500],"tags":[534],"class_list":["post-42241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","tag-zuzana-koskova"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Chinese Espionage Case Tests the Czechia\u2019s \u201cTurn\u201d Toward China - European Values Center for Security Policy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/cs\/chinese-espionage-case-tests-the-czechias-turn-toward-china\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"cs_CZ\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chinese Espionage Case Tests the Czechia\u2019s \u201cTurn\u201d Toward China - European Values Center for Security Policy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Photo: ChatGPT Foto: ChatGPT What is happening? 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