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But perhaps the most profound issue surrounding my receipt of this prize is the fact that I am the Commander-in-Chief of the military of a nation in the midst of two wars.  One of these wars is winding down.  The other is a conflict that America did not seek; one in which we are [...]

XIE Zhenhua, Deputy-Director of the Chinese National Development and Reform Commissionthem also the Chef of the Chinese delegation to Copenhagen Climate Conference was refused 3 times to enter the conference centre in two days.

Pure technical problem, says the organiser.

But Yvo de Boer said he zas not even informed.

As XIE told me [...]

I’ve heard about stories of the “Jewish community stayed in China“. But I just learned with this series of events that there were more than 300,000 Jewish people in Shanghai in the year of 30’s already.

And I found also Shimon Peres such a poet when he speaks.

“ In the Bird-nestle, ( the [...]

Chirac is in Beijing, finally.

I’ve prepared this trip two times last year, both postponed.

This is the first time that I follow his visit after his retirement. Also the first time, for a trip in China.

Two days, much shorter than what had been planned, but, very rich.

Besides the « sinophile » given by [...]

Simone Veil finally received a « legion d’Honneur », at the age of 81.

“You are a woman of character, a free woman (…) that I admire so much and for whom I have great affection,” said Sarkozy in the ceremony.

“The day that I die, it is the Holocaust that I think and all my friends [...]

I will not answer any question about China……
This sentence came from a Minister, Peer Steinbrueck, German Finance Minister
Before the interview, I was worrying about his English, as the German leaders usually speak only Germany in public, from Merkel to Steinmeier.
He does speak English fluently.
I stopped him at the end of the press conference and asked [...]

Fortunately I didn’t go to Evian for the EU-Ukraine forum, the announcement of the change from Evian to Paris arrived the same day of the forum so all the journalists who were already there had to run to Paris. And the journalists who followed President Sarkozy and Barroso had traveled over night, because of the [...]

It’s his first-ever interview by a Chinese Television, the Secretary General of NATO confirmed to me.
It’s also my first interview made inside the NATO studio, which is no less professional at all than any TV station.
10minutes, as we proposed and we ended up with 22minutes…Very interesting dialogue, with a very professional diplomat
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He is maybe the French leader who had received Chinese delegations the most.
I do not remember how many times we had shot “round table” images in his office when he met Chinese officers, ministers etc.
This time I went to his office to be shot
Of course we talked mainly about his trip in China right after [...]