Here’s a handy roundup of some posts under the Czech tag—mostly with a Chinese connection.

This post makes an introduction to Czech and Chinese lives before, during, and since the years of state socialism:

• A Czech couple in 1950s’ Tianqiao

The good soldier Švejk makes several appearances, notably:

• Another Czech mate
• The definitive transliteration

See also

• Janáček and Moravian folk

Alexei Sayle’s youthful ventures:

• Alexei Sayle

And my Cambridge mentor Paul Kratochvil is the source of some fine stories, including:

• The famous spectacles incident
• Empirical language acquisition
• Subtle revenge