Jean-Pierre Cabestan wrote on International Herald Tribune today about President Chirac’s recent visit to Beijing.
“President Jacques Chirac’s recent visit to China has been presented by the French government as a great success. Indeed an unprecedented number of contracts, amounting to more than $4 billion, were signed, and political relations look as spotless as a blue sky.
But Chirac’s trip has also underscored three major paradoxes in the French-Chinese – and to some extent, in the European-Chinese – relationship. ”
The full article is here.
