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Xi Jinping’s state visit: “France remains a country that can be approached by China”, says the vice-president of Asia Center
On the occasion of Xi Jinping’s visit to France, Jean-Baptiste Monnier, vice-president of the Asia Center, specialist in China, is the guest of 19/20 info, Monday May 6.
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On the occasion of Xi Jinping’s visit to France, Jean-Baptiste Monnier, vice-president of the Asia Center, specialist in China, is the guest of 19/20 info, Monday May 6.
For Jean-Baptiste Monnier, vice-president of the Asia Center, specialist in China, France must be in a diplomatic balance of power with China, 60 years after the meeting between Mao Zedong and General de Gaulle. Thus, it was the Prime Minister who welcomed the Chinese delegation. “You have to be tough and this is one way to do it”says the guest of 19/20 info, Monday May 6.
Independence from the United States
Xi Jinping’s state visit to France will continue on Tuesday, May 7, in the Pyrenees, with a symbolic and personal visit with Emmanuel Macron. A gentler way of doing diplomacy. “France remains a country approachable by China”believes Jean-Baptiste Monnier. “This is the country that decided, under the noses of the Americans, in 1964, to reach out to China”he adds. “We remain privileged, we are still, let’s say allies, but not aligned with the United States. We maintain a certain independence”concludes the vice-president of the Asia Center.
