A Czech clothing website has been inundated with inquiries from Taiwan about a T-shirt printed with the words “I am Taiwanese”. That’s after visiting Czech Senate President Miloš Vystrčil said “I am Taiwanese” in Mandarin during a speech at Taiwan’s Legislature Tuesday, drawing a largely positive response from the Taiwanese public.
The website started selling the T-shirt in two colors for 220 Czech Koruna (US$9.86). People in Taiwan sought to purchase the T-shirt, but the company does not currently ship to Taiwan.
The website said that it is “a small business from the Czech Republic [aimed] at current Czech political events,” adding that it “never expected some interest from customers abroad.”
The company said, “the transport costs [to Taiwan] are very high and [their] payment methods are not ideal for international payments”. It said that it is trying to figure out how to send its product to Taiwan.