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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 [...]

He looks quite well, with healthy  sun-bans. The power could nto keep the youth and health. He could enjoy life now at least.
When I asked him when would be his turn to visit China, early next year, he confirmed. Then I of course took his card to wait for a good moment for visiting him… [...]

After having passed half of the day in OECD center talking about the crises, the protectionism, the WTO Doha process, then 1 hour and 40 minute in the traffic for only passing through the small Paris, then 3 hours in the studio… I just want to take a break of watching the morning news, well, [...]

Luckily the strange heavy rain fall down on Saturday, we really had the weather support for this year’s “fete de la Musique”.

Didn’t get time to check where Jack Lang chooses to go, I decided to go to the Elysée Palace just to see whether could get any image of the President together [...]

Financial crises, AF330 accident, plus cold whether and heavy rain, the opening day was really not very exciting…

But still, once every two year, it is still worthy of visiting, better go by the helicopter shuttle, if you do not want to be blocked for two years only for going there.

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 [...]

Bernard Kouchner meets Mahmoud Abbas today. As usual, a lunch meeting followed by a press conference. There are much more journalists today than in Elysée yesterday.

Most of the French journalists came not, or at least not only for the subject of “Israel-Palestinian” conflict, but for Bernard Kouchner himself.

Because of the book of [...]