Chinese language contest held in Czech Republic

STORY: Chinese language contest held in Czech Republic SHOOTING TIME: May 17, 2024 DATELINE: May 18, 2024 LENGTH: 00:03:07 LOCATION: Prague CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of competition for primary school students 2. various of competition for secondary school students 3. various of performance by students of Chinese International School of Prague STORYLINE: Czech national qualifications for the 17th "Chinese Bridge" -- Chinese Proficiency Competition for foreign secondary school students -- were held here on Friday. Hosted by the Chinese Embassy in the Czech Republic, the competition consists of three parts: themed speech, talent show, and knowledge quiz. Contestants shared their experiences of learning Chinese and their stories about China, demonstrating their passion for the Chinese language and culture through the contest. Alex Ruzicka from the American Academy in Prague won the competition and will represent the Czech Republic in the "Chinese Bridge" global finals. Meanwhile, a Chinese

Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Seko Meets 6 reps to UN

Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Seko Meets 6 reps to UN

TOKYO, Japan - Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroshige Seko (R) meets with six permanent representatives to the United Nations, including Frantisek Ruzicka (3rd from L) of Slovakia, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 26, 2014.

Jitka Seitlova, Milos Vystrcil, Jiri Ruzicka

Jitka Seitlova, Milos Vystrcil, Jiri Ruzicka

Senate leaders, Senate deputy chairwoman Jitka Seitlova, from left, Senate head Milos Vystrcil and Senate deputy chairman Jiri Ruzicka condemned the suspected involvement of Russian secret services in a Czech ammunition store blast in 2014 as an act of state terrorism, and Vystrcil said PM Andrej Babis should initiate joint steps against the growth of Russian influence in NATO and the EU. We must get rid of the Russian influence penetrating Czech political, social and economic structures, he said in Prague, Czech Republic, April 18, 2021. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

Pavel Fischer, Milos Vystrcil, Jiri Ruzicka

Pavel Fischer, Milos Vystrcil, Jiri Ruzicka

Senate leaders, Senate head Milos Vystrcil, from left, Senate deputy chairman Jiri Ruzicka and the chairman of the Senate foreign committee Pavel Fischer condemned the suspected involvement of Russian secret services in a Czech ammunition store blast in 2014 as an act of state terrorism, and Vystrcil said PM Andrej Babis should initiate joint steps against the growth of Russian influence in NATO and the EU. We must get rid of the Russian influence penetrating Czech political, social and economic structures, he said in Prague, Czech Republic, April 18, 2021. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

Jiri Ruzicka, Pavel Fischer

Jiri Ruzicka, Pavel Fischer

Senate leaders, Senate deputy chairman Jiri Ruzicka, left, and the chairman of the Senate foreign committee Pavel Fischer condemned the suspected involvement of Russian secret services in a Czech ammunition store blast in 2014 as an act of state terrorism, and Senate head Milos Vystrcil said PM Andrej Babis should initiate joint steps against the growth of Russian influence in NATO and the EU. We must get rid of the Russian influence penetrating Czech political, social and economic structures, he said in Prague, Czech Republic, April 18, 2021. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

David Urban, Demonstration For Live Music

David Urban, Demonstration For Live Music

David Urban of D Smack U Promotion speaks at Demonstration For Live Music, expressing disagreement with government's treatment of music sector in coronavirus time, which was held on July 27, 2020, on the Old Town Square in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/David Ruzicka)

David Urban, Demonstration For Live Music

David Urban, Demonstration For Live Music

David Urban of D Smack U Promotion speaks at Demonstration For Live Music, expressing disagreement with government's treatment of music sector in coronavirus time, which was held on July 27, 2020, on the Old Town Square in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/David Ruzicka)

Demonstration For Live Music

Demonstration For Live Music

Demonstration For Live Music, expressing disagreement with government's treatment of music sector in coronavirus time, was held on July 27, 2020, on the Old Town Square in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/David Ruzicka)

Demonstration For Live Music

Demonstration For Live Music

Demonstration For Live Music, expressing disagreement with government's treatment of music sector in coronavirus time, was held on July 27, 2020, on the Old Town Square in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/David Ruzicka)

Demonstration For Live Music

Demonstration For Live Music

Demonstration For Live Music, expressing disagreement with government's treatment of music sector in coronavirus time, was held on July 27, 2020, on the Old Town Square in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/David Ruzicka)

Demonstration For Live Music

Demonstration For Live Music

Demonstration For Live Music, expressing disagreement with government's treatment of music sector in coronavirus time, was held on July 27, 2020, on the Old Town Square in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/David Ruzicka)

Demonstration For Live Music

Demonstration For Live Music

Demonstration For Live Music, expressing disagreement with government's treatment of music sector in coronavirus time, was held on July 27, 2020, on the Old Town Square in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/David Ruzicka)

Demonstration For Live Music

Demonstration For Live Music

Demonstration For Live Music, expressing disagreement with government's treatment of music sector in coronavirus time, was held on July 27, 2020, on the Old Town Square in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/David Ruzicka)

Demonstration For Live Music

Demonstration For Live Music

Demonstration For Live Music, expressing disagreement with government's treatment of music sector in coronavirus time, was held on July 27, 2020, on the Old Town Square in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/David Ruzicka)

Demonstration For Live Music

Demonstration For Live Music

Demonstration For Live Music, expressing disagreement with government's treatment of music sector in coronavirus time, was held on July 27, 2020, on the Old Town Square in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/David Ruzicka)

Demonstration For Live Music

Demonstration For Live Music

Demonstration For Live Music, expressing disagreement with government's treatment of music sector in coronavirus time, was held on July 27, 2020, on the Old Town Square in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/David Ruzicka)

Demonstration For Live Music

Demonstration For Live Music

Demonstration For Live Music, expressing disagreement with government's treatment of music sector in coronavirus time, was held on July 27, 2020, on the Old Town Square in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/David Ruzicka)

Demonstration For Live Music

Demonstration For Live Music

Demonstration For Live Music, expressing disagreement with government's treatment of music sector in coronavirus time, was held on July 27, 2020, on the Old Town Square in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/David Ruzicka)

Martin Ruzicka, The HC Ocelari Trinec won the Czech ice hockey Extraleague

Martin Ruzicka, The HC Ocelari Trinec won the Czech ice hockey Extraleague

The HC Ocelari Trinec won the Czech ice hockey Extraleague when it beat Bili Tygri Liberec game of the play off series. Martin Ruzicka of Team HC Ocelari Trinec poses for photographer with cup in Trinec, Czech Republic, April 26, 2021. (CTK Photo/Vladimir Prycek)

MILOS VYSTRCIL, JIRI RUZICKA, LUMIR ASCHENBRENNER

MILOS VYSTRCIL, JIRI RUZICKA, LUMIR ASCHENBRENNER

The visit of the Czech Senate delegation to Taiwan attracted big attention. Apart from China, Czech politicians including President Zeman and PM Andrej Babis (ANO) opposed it. We went there to support the economic activities of our countries and our national pride and to make clear how to move further in our relations, Senate deputy head Jiri Ruzicka (for TOP 09/STAN), left, who was a member of the Czech delegation that was in Taiwan, said in Prague, Czech Republic, September 5, 2020. Centre is Senate head Milos Vystrcil and right is Lumir Aschenbrenner. (CTK Photo/Katerina Sulova)

MILOS VYSTRCIL, JIRI RUZICKA, LUMIR ASCHENBRENNER

MILOS VYSTRCIL, JIRI RUZICKA, LUMIR ASCHENBRENNER

The visit of the Czech Senate delegation to Taiwan attracted big attention. Apart from China, Czech politicians including President Zeman and PM Andrej Babis (ANO) opposed it. We went there to support the economic activities of our countries and our national pride and to make clear how to move further in our relations, Senate deputy head Jiri Ruzicka (for TOP 09/STAN), left, who was a member of the Czech delegation that was in Taiwan, said in Prague, Czech Republic, September 5, 2020. Centre is Senate head Milos Vystrcil and right is Lumir Aschenbrenner. (CTK Photo/Katerina Sulova)

Milos Vystrcil, Pavel Fischer, Jiri Ruzicka, Su Tseng-chang, Taiwan

Milos Vystrcil, Pavel Fischer, Jiri Ruzicka, Su Tseng-chang, Taiwan

L-R Head of Czech Senate committee for foreign affairs, defence and security Pavel Fischer, Czech Senate deputy chairman Jiri Ruzicka and Senate chairman Milos Vystrcil meet Taiwanese Premier Su Tseng-chang, 2nd from right, in Taipei, Taiwan, September 2, 2020. Milos Vystrcil, accompanied by a 90-member delegation, comprised of politicians, businesspeople, representatives of scientific and culture institutions and journalists, came to Taiwan on Sunday, August 30, where he will stay until Friday, September 4, 2020. Vystrcil, one of the highest world politicians to visit Taiwan in the modern history, will meet supreme Taiwanese representatives, such as President Tsai Ing-wen, Prime Minister Su Tseng-chang, parliament head You Si-kun and several ministers. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

Milos Vystrcil, Pavel Fischer, Jiri Ruzicka, Su Tseng-chang, Taiwan

Milos Vystrcil, Pavel Fischer, Jiri Ruzicka, Su Tseng-chang, Taiwan

L-R (front) Head of Czech Senate committee for foreign affairs, defence and security Pavel Fischer, Czech Senate deputy chairman Jiri Ruzicka and Senate chairman Milos Vystrcil meet Taiwanese Premier Su Tseng-chang, 2nd from right, in Taipei, Taiwan, September 2, 2020. Milos Vystrcil, accompanied by a 90-member delegation, comprised of politicians, businesspeople, representatives of scientific and culture institutions and journalists, came to Taiwan on Sunday, August 30, where he will stay until Friday, September 4, 2020. Vystrcil, one of the highest world politicians to visit Taiwan in the modern history, will meet supreme Taiwanese representatives, such as President Tsai Ing-wen, Prime Minister Su Tseng-chang, parliament head You Si-kun and several ministers. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

Milos Vystrcil, Jiri Ruzicka, Zdenek Hrib, Taiwan

Milos Vystrcil, Jiri Ruzicka, Zdenek Hrib, Taiwan

Czech Senate chairman Milos Vystrcil, center, attends the Industrial Technology Research Institute in Hsinchu, Taiwan, September 2, 2020. Milos Vystrcil, accompanied by a 90-member delegation, comprised of politicians, businesspeople, representatives of scientific and culture institutions and journalists, came to Taiwan on Sunday, August 30, where he will stay until Friday, September 4, 2020. Vystrcil, one of the highest world politicians to visit Taiwan in the modern history, will meet supreme Taiwanese representatives, such as President Tsai Ing-wen, Prime Minister Su Tseng-chang, parliament head You Si-kun and several ministers. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

Jiri Ruzicka, Milos Vystrcil, wife, Taiwan

Jiri Ruzicka, Milos Vystrcil, wife, Taiwan

Czech Senate chairman Milos Vystrcil, 2nd from left, his wife, right, and deputy Czech Senate chairman, Jiri Ruzicka, left, attend the National Center for Traditional Arts in Yilan, Taiwan, on Tuesday, September 1, 2020. Milos Vystrcil, accompanied by a 90-member delegation, comprised of politicians, businesspeople, representatives of scientific and culture institutions and journalists, came to Taiwan on Sunday, August 30, where he will stay until Friday, September 4, 2020. Vystrcil, one of the highest world politicians to visit Taiwan in the modern history, will meet supreme Taiwanese representatives, such as President Tsai Ing-wen, Prime Minister Su Tseng-chang, parliament head You Si-kun and several ministers. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

Lumir Aschenbrenner, Milos Vystrcil, Jiri Ruzicka

Lumir Aschenbrenner, Milos Vystrcil, Jiri Ruzicka

L-R Czech senator Lumir Aschenbrenner, Senate chairman Milos Vystrcil and Senate deputy chairman Jiri Ruzicka pose with flight attendants before before landing in Taiwan, on August 30, 2020. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

Lumir Aschenbrenner, Milos Vystrcil, Jiri Ruzicka, Pavel Fischer, Tomas Golan

Lumir Aschenbrenner, Milos Vystrcil, Jiri Ruzicka, Pavel Fischer, Tomas Golan

L-R Czech senator Lumir Aschenbrenner, Senate chairman Milos Vystrcil, Senate deputy chairman Jiri Ruzicka, Senate committee for foreign affairs, defence and security Pavel Fischer and senator Tomas Golan pose with flight attendants before before landing in Taiwan, on August 30, 2020. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

Jiri Ruzicka, Milos Vystrcil

Jiri Ruzicka, Milos Vystrcil

L-R Czech Senate deputy chairman Jiri Ruziska and Senate chairman Milos Vystrcil are seen before departure for visit to Taiwan, on August 29, 2020, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/MIchal Krumphanzl)

Pavel Fischer, Milos Vystrcil, Pavel Divis, Jiri Ruzicka, Lumir Kantor

Pavel Fischer, Milos Vystrcil, Pavel Divis, Jiri Ruzicka, Lumir Kantor

L-R Head of Czech Senate committee for foreign affairs, defence and security Pavel Fischer, Senate chairman Milos Vystrcil, Czech-Taiwanese Business Chamber president Pavel Divis, Senate deputy chairman Jiri Ruzicka and right Head of Senate Committee for Social Policy and Health Care Lumir Kantor attend a press briefing before Senate delegation's departure for Taiwan to present details and programme of visit by Senate chairman Vystrcil and another seven senators, on August 27, 2020, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

Milos Vystrcil, Pavel Fischer, Jiri Ruzicka, Lumir Kantor

Milos Vystrcil, Pavel Fischer, Jiri Ruzicka, Lumir Kantor

L-R Czech Senate chairman Milos Vystrcil, Head of Senate committee for foreign affairs, defence and security Pavel Fischer, Senate deputy chairman Jiri Ruzicka and Head of Senate Committee for Social Policy and Health Care Lumir Kantor attend a press briefing before Senate delegation's departure for Taiwan to present details and programme of visit by Senate chairman Vystrcil and another seven senators, on August 27, 2020, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

Pavel Divis, Pavel Fischer, Milos Vystrcil, Jiri Ruzicka, Lumir Kantor

Pavel Divis, Pavel Fischer, Milos Vystrcil, Jiri Ruzicka, Lumir Kantor

L-R Czech-Taiwanese Business Chamber president Pavel Divis, Head of Czech Senate committee for foreign affairs, defence and security Pavel Fischer, Senate chairman Milos Vystrcil, Senate deputy chairman Jiri Ruzicka and Head of Senate Committee for Social Policy and Health Care Lumir Kantor attend a press briefing before Senate delegation's departure for Taiwan to present details and programme of visit by Senate chairman Vystrcil and another seven senators, on August 27, 2020, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

Pavel Fischer, Milos Vystrcil, Jiri Ruzicka

Pavel Fischer, Milos Vystrcil, Jiri Ruzicka

Head of Czech Senate committee for foreign affairs, defence and security Pavel Fischer, left, Senate chairman Milos Vystrcil, center, and Senate deputy chairman Jiri Ruzicka, right, attend a press briefing before Senate delegation's departure for Taiwan to present details and programme of visit by Senate chairman Vystrcil and another seven senators, on August 27, 2020, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

Mike Pompeo, Milos Vystrcil, Jiri Ruzicka

Mike Pompeo, Milos Vystrcil, Jiri Ruzicka

Czech Senate chairman Milos Vystrcil, right, passed a symbolic key of the Senate to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, center, in Prague, Czech Republic, on August 12, 2020. On the left side is seen the Senate deputy chairman Jiri Ruzicka. Pompeo criticised Russia for trying to undermine sovereignty of European countries, including Czechia, by disinformation, in his speech in Senate. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

Roma Holocaust victims commemorated in Lety

Roma Holocaust victims commemorated in Lety

The commemorative act for the Roma Holocaust victims took place at the site of the Lety war-time concentration camp for the Roma, in Lety, Czech Republic, on August 2nd, 2020. Politicians should condemn the increasing antiziganist manifestations same as they condemn antisemitism, Cenek Ruzicka, (photo) from the Committee for the Redress of the Roma Holocaust, said today at a gathering in memory of Roma victims of Nazi repression. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Pancer)

Roma Holocaust victims commemorated in Lety

Roma Holocaust victims commemorated in Lety

The commemorative act for the Roma Holocaust victims took place at the site of the Lety war-time concentration camp for the Roma, in Lety, Czech Republic, on August 2nd, 2020. Politicians should condemn the increasing antiziganist manifestations same as they condemn antisemitism, Cenek Ruzicka, (left) from the Committee for the Redress of the Roma Holocaust, said today at a gathering in memory of Roma victims of Nazi repression. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Pancer)

fire in Museum Kampa

fire in Museum Kampa

Electrical wiring is burning in technical room of Museum Kampa in Prague, Czech Republic, on July 15, 2020. Flames have not reached the museum, but fumes are there. Paintings are evacuated. (CTK Photo/David Ruzicka)

fire in Museum Kampa

fire in Museum Kampa

Electrical wiring is burning in technical room of Museum Kampa in Prague, Czech Republic, on July 15, 2020. Flames have not reached the museum, but fumes are there. Paintings are evacuated. (CTK Photo/David Ruzicka)

fire in Museum Kampa

fire in Museum Kampa

Electrical wiring is burning in technical room of Museum Kampa in Prague, Czech Republic, on July 15, 2020. Flames have not reached the museum, but fumes are there. Paintings are evacuated. (CTK Photo/David Ruzicka)

fire in Museum Kampa

fire in Museum Kampa

Electrical wiring is burning in technical room of Museum Kampa in Prague, Czech Republic, on July 15, 2020. Flames have not reached the museum, but fumes are there. Paintings are evacuated. (CTK Photo/David Ruzicka)

fire in Museum Kampa

fire in Museum Kampa

Electrical wiring is burning in technical room of Museum Kampa in Prague, Czech Republic, on July 15, 2020. Flames have not reached the museum, but fumes are there. Paintings are evacuated. (CTK Photo/David Ruzicka)

fire in Museum Kampa

fire in Museum Kampa

Electrical wiring is burning in technical room of Museum Kampa in Prague, Czech Republic, on July 15, 2020. Flames have not reached the museum, but fumes are there. Paintings are evacuated. (CTK Photo/David Ruzicka)

fire in Museum Kampa

fire in Museum Kampa

Electrical wiring is burning in technical room of Museum Kampa in Prague, Czech Republic, on July 15, 2020. Flames have not reached the museum, but fumes are there. Paintings are evacuated. (CTK Photo/David Ruzicka)

fire in Museum Kampa

fire in Museum Kampa

Electrical wiring is burning in technical room of Museum Kampa in Prague, Czech Republic, on July 15, 2020. Flames have not reached the museum, but fumes are there. Paintings are evacuated. (CTK Photo/David Ruzicka)

commemorative plaque for Czechoslovak RAF Mayor Josef Duda

commemorative plaque for Czechoslovak RAF Mayor Josef Duda

Unveiling of commemorative plaque for Czechoslovak RAF Mayor Josef Duda (1905-1977) on the Johannes Kepler Grammar School (Johannes Kepler Gymnasium) building in Prague, Czech Republic, on June 30, 2020. Duda studied at this school. On the left side is seen senator Jiri Ruzicka. (CTK Photo/Katerina Sulova)

commemorative plaque for Czechoslovak RAF Mayor Josef Duda

commemorative plaque for Czechoslovak RAF Mayor Josef Duda

Unveiling of commemorative plaque for Czechoslovak RAF Mayor Josef Duda (1905-1977) on the Johannes Kepler Grammar School (Johannes Kepler Gymnasium) building in Prague, Czech Republic, on June 30, 2020. Duda studied at this school. On the left side is seen senator Jiri Ruzicka. (CTK Photo/Katerina Sulova)

Massacre during 1945 deportation of Germans remembered in Tust

Massacre during 1945 deportation of Germans remembered in Tust

Czech director Bohdan Slama, second from left, Czech producer Martin Ruzicka, left, and tens of people remember the events from May 24, 1945 when partisans killed 14 people during the deportation of ethnic Germans from the country in Tust, Czech Republic, May 24, 2020. Bohdan Slama made the film Shadow Country about it and some of his film crew members and actors were among them. According to historians, partisans who came from the Tabor district and some locals massacred the 14 alleged collaborators 75 years ago. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Pancer)

Milos Vystrcil, Jiri Ruzicka

Milos Vystrcil, Jiri Ruzicka

Czech Senate chairman Milos Vystrcil, left, and deputy chairman Jiri Ruzicka, right, lay flowers at Czech Radio building on occasion of 75th anniversary of Prague Uprising and WW2 Victory, on April 5, 2020, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Roman Vondrous)

Jiri Ruzicka, Milos Vystrcil

Jiri Ruzicka, Milos Vystrcil

Czech Senate chairman Milos Vystrcil, right, and deputy chairman Jiri Ruzicka, left, lay flowers at Czech Radio building on occasion of 75th anniversary of Prague Uprising and WW2 Victory, on April 5, 2020, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Roman Vondrous)

Jiri Ruzicka, Milos Vystrcil

Jiri Ruzicka, Milos Vystrcil

Czech Senate chairman Milos Vystrcil, center, speaks to journalists after laying flowers at Czech Radio building on occasion of 75th anniversary of Prague Uprising and WW2 Victory, on April 5, 2020, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Roman Vondrous)

Vladimir Ruzicka

Vladimir Ruzicka

Centre is coach of Hradec Kralove Vladimir Ruzicka is watching the game during the Ice hockey Champions League playoff final: Hradec Kralove vs Frolunda (Sweden) in Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, February 4, 2020. (CTK Photo/David Tanecek)