France-China: wooing Hu

Chinese President Hu Jintao is in France for a three-day visit and President Nicolas Sarkozy has received him with full military honours. The two leaders are meeting for business deals, which annoys human rights activists. And human rights even seems to have been put aside deliberately, as no joint press conference is scheduled.

DEBATE

A debate with Laura Baines and guests:

Jean-François DI MEGLIO, Economist and President of the Asia Centre at Sciences Po
Emmanuel LINCOT, Chair of the Contemporary China Studies at the Institut Catholique de Paris and Editor-in-chief of “Monde Chinois”
Jean-Joseph BOILLOT, Economic Advisor on Emerging Countries for the CEPII Club

Programme prepared by Bilal Tarabey and Perrine Desplats

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Presenter

François Picard

16/05/2013 - THE DEBATE

Hollande's rebuttal: French president meets the press (part 2)

In the face of recession and dismal poll numbers, the French president promises to go on the offensive, but by staging his grand bi-annual press conference one day after a trip to Brussels, does François Hollande give the impression he’s come with his marching orders?

16/05/2013 - THE DEBATE

Hollande's rebuttal: French president meets the press

15/05/2013 - THE DEBATE

I spy, you spy

And you thought the Cold War was over. Beyond cloak-and-dagger tales of blonde wigs and bags of money, the expulsion of an alleged US spy highlights the continued and unabated mistrust between Moscow and Washington.

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14/05/2013 - THE DEBATE

Riots in Paris: why Paris Saint-Germain title celebrations turned sour (part 2)

A case of poorly-anticipated hooliganism, or were Monday's Right Bank riots symptomatic of a deeper-rooted problem in France that goes well beyond football? François Picard's panel looks at how Paris Saint-Germain's past could haunt its new Qatari owners.