布拉格一家法院周一裁定，一名在捷克共和国涉嫌间谍活动的中国人不予定罪，并下令释放他，通讯社CTK报道称。
A Prague court ruled on Monday that a Chinese man suspected of espionage in the Czech Republic was not guilty and ordered his release, the news agency CTK reported.
该人曾在布拉格担任记者，于1月被捕，被指控与捷克官员建立联系，并收集可能对捷克共和国有害的信息。但法院裁定，他的活动不构成犯罪，CTK称。
The man, who had worked in Prague as a journalist, was arrested in January, accused of building up connections with Czech officials and collecting information that may be harmful to the Czech Republic. But a court ruled that his activity was not criminal, CTK said.
一名检察官对该裁决和释放羁押的决定均提出上诉，将案件送交上级法院，CTK称。杨一鸣否认了不当行为，未被要求留在该国，但其律师称他目前无计划离开，CTK称。
A state attorney appealed both the ruling and the release from custody, sending the case to a higher court, CTK said. Yang Yiming, who had denied wrongdoing, was not ordered to remain in the country, but his lawyer said he was not planning to leave at the moment, it said.
捷克媒体称，杨一鸣是一家与共产党有关联的报纸记者，他被指控为外国势力进行“未经授权的活动”。
Yang, who Czech media said was a reporter for a Communist Party-affiliated newspaper, had been charged with conducting "unauthorised activity for a foreign power".
中国当局曾要求释放该人，同时就6月一名捷克公民在中国被拘留一事发表评论。中国官员称，该名捷克人因涉嫌国家安全犯罪在中国被拘留。捷克外交部长彼得·马钦卡表示，这两起案件无关。
Chinese authorities had demanded the release of the man while commenting on the June detention of a Czech citizen in China. The Czech man has been held in China on suspicion of national security offences, Chinese officials said. Czech Foreign Minister Petr Macinka has said the cases were unrelated.
北京和布拉格在过去几个月来已表明外交关系正在回暖，此前因前任捷克政府与台湾保持密切关系而出现紧张关系，台湾是中国声称主权的民主治理岛屿。
Beijing and Prague have signalled a warming of diplomatic ties in recent months after tensions under the previous Czech administration due to its strong ties with Taiwan, the democratically governed island claimed by China.
自去年12月上台以来的捷克政府一直寻求与北京建立更务实的关系。
The Czech government in power since last December has sought a more pragmatic relationship with Beijing.