The Czech Republic will open a new center in Taipei this week with the aim of strengthening cultural relations. „The Czech Centre in Taiwan will launch its activity on Friday, June 14“ with an exhibition of Czech photographs, the foreign ministry said. Jitka Pánek Jurková, the director general responsible for the cultural centers, told the news agency CTK that the EU member state Czech Republic „want to be seen and heard in Taipei.“ The Czech Center in Taipei „is designed to deepen the understanding among the Taiwanese public of traditional and especially contemporary Czech culture,“ she added.