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Visit by Xi Jinping: has China “reached its peak”?
Faced with the aging of the Chinese population, which risks halving by the end of the century, Sylvie Bermann, French ambassador to Beijing from 2011 to 2014, wonders if “China will not be old before it is rich “. In the Talk, every Wednesday and Thursday, Ludovic Pauchant and his guests debate current events with Internet users of the franceinfo Twitch channel.
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Faced with the aging of the Chinese population, which risks halving by the end of the century, Sylvie Bermann, former French ambassador to Beijing from 2011 to 2014, wonders if China will not be old before it is rich “.
“We ultimately wonder if, and this is an old debate, if China will not be old before it is rich, as was the case for Japan,” explains Wednesday May 8 in the Franceinfo Talk on Twitch Sylvie Bermann, former French ambassador to China, the day after the state visit to France by Chinese President Xi Jinping.
“The Americans completely panicked at the idea that China could become the first power, underlines Sylvie Bermann. And besides, this new Cold War, this technological blockade, still aims to effectively prevent China from becoming the leading power.”
Thucydides’ trap
“Today, continues the diplomat, Americans wonder if China has not reached its peak: double-digit growth has become impossible but, curiously, they continue to be very afraid of being replaced by China. And this was called the Thucydides Trap between Sparta and Athens, where Sparta confirmed, became afraid of the rising power of Athens, which at the time led to the Peloponnesian War. ..”
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In the Franceinfo Talk, every Wednesday and Thursday, Ludovic Pauchant and his guests debate current events with Internet users of the Franceinfo Twitch channel.
