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Thanks to Mr. KOUCHNER that I had visited Slovene

On Tuesday two weeks before, during the press conference presented by the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, when he was being asked his opinion about the idea of boycot the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Beijing, Kouchner said “interesting” because it sounds “less negative than boycot the whole games……” all the media were [...]

Posted by Liu Yi on March 30th, 2008

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It’s a little bit late, but, better than never…

The first Chinese official ever in French media after almost 2 weeks:
http://www.europe1.fr/politique/videos/1324996/Jean-Pierre-Elkabbach-recoit-L-interview-de-Qu-Xing.html

Posted by Liu Yi on March 26th, 2008

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I choose to stay still, in silence

I’ve got several phone calls from some French Televisions for inviting me to join their programs in last one week. Of course, all were about the Tibet and the Olympic games of Beijing.
Well, I have to say that the Olympics had never been used as much as tools of politics in its whole history till [...]

Posted by Liu Yi on March 26th, 2008

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Mnunicipal election in France

Just came back from the celebration party in the City Hall which still named Delanoë.
Less interest of voting: in every 3 French, there is one who didn’t vote;
Less interest of promotion: the candidate of UMP, Mme Françoise de Panafieu even cancelled the interview one day before our appointment last week;
Less difference of the percentage: 2% [...]

Posted by Liu Yi on March 17th, 2008

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Sunday morning at 8:30…

I was waked up from deep sleeping by the police, 1er Division=crimimals.
“Urgently…need help…numbrous…whole day’s work…” I could catch these information, plus the number of telephone and the address.
I arrived 30minutes later, hardly awaken.
The translation woke me up immediately: around 3 o’clock Sunday morning,rue St Martin, near the Pompidoo Center,a happy diner of a group of [...]

Posted by Liu Yi on March 16th, 2008

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Shimon PERES’ visit

Five days, Paris-Lyon-Paris, with a fully booked schedule.
I chose to follow him the first and the last day.
Last time when I said hello to him at the gate of a grand hotel in Paris, he was still the Prime Minister, this time, the President of the country, which I heard already several times in my [...]

Posted by Liu Yi on March 14th, 2008

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Women’s Day in National Assembly

I like to go to National Assembly when I have nothing special to do while I stay in Paris without any trip (though it happens very rarely). One of the reasons is that I could park just in front of the gate on the sidewalks, under the eyes of the Gendarmeries; of course it is [...]

Posted by Liu Yi on February 28th, 2008

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Clinton cries again

Before because he does not live in France, where we could have a president with secret daughter, a preident even his wife does not know where to find him, and a president got divorce and married within 4months.
Those are all respectable private lives. We could never loose the job of president because of the private [...]

Posted by Liu Yi on February 24th, 2008

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The trip of honeymoon became a trip of hell

That’s the title of an article in a Chinese paper about the terrible story of a young Chinese couple who had chosed to make their honeymoon trip during the Chinese New Year holidays en Europe.
They went to Galerie Lafayette as most of the Chinese tourists do.
While they were paying an expensive watch, they were doubted [...]

Posted by Liu Yi on February 22nd, 2008

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Chinese New Year

I had spent half of my Chinese New Year’s Eve in the Palais Bourbon, the seat of the French National Assembly. It was the first time that a party of celebrating the Chinese New Year being organised there.
We had so many bottles of “Moutai”, the famous chinese alcohol everywhere and of course, all the deputies [...]

Posted by Liu Yi on February 8th, 2008

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