FILE PHOTO: China's President Xi Jinping and Czech President Milos Zeman shake hands before their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China April 28, 2019. Madoka Ikegami/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Prague's Charles University has closed its Czech-Chinese Centre, rector Tomas Zima said on Wednesday, after local media reports that some of its staff had failed to declare payments from the Chinese embassy intended to support its programmes.
The reports, published in October, prompted the secretary of the centre to resign. Zima made his announcement in a statement posted on the university's website.
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