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… [...]

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 [...]

Every time when I went back to Paris, I’d like to find back things as it used to be ; while every trip to China, I could never be well prepared enough for the changes it had been made.

I could see the blue sky which I never thought it would achieved in Beijing, I [...]

Here we are! From the 26°C of Cairo, to the -20°C Davos……
I am really torturing my skin.
About 2600 “leaders” , including 41 Gouvernement leaders, and bank presidents from more than 40 countries,  are gathering here for one week, to try to warm up the “after crise world”.
For us, each year in Davos we experience our own [...]

My job brought me to lot of cities, European, African, Middle-east… But this time, I discovered such a special and unique city : Jerusalem.
We’ve heard so many times this name, from the Jews, the Christians and the Muslim all over the world ; but only when you see with your own eyes, could finally feel what a [...]

I remembered that before going to Beijing in the end of October, as we were talking so much about the « toxic milky power »,and some other cases of food problems, I said to myself that it must be so terrible for people in China, we even do not have any confidence on the things we eat. [...]

All the appointments in this city for the 1st Dec. Had been cancelled.

Thanks to GD for sharing this year’s 8th December with me, which is also the anniversary of my first trip to this city many years ago J

I finally made the trip on my way to Alpes right before Christmas !
Paul Bocuse was the [...]

Trip in Beijing after the Olympic Games.
 
I could not belive my eyes when I saw all the high buildings from the plane 10minutes before landing. It was the first-ever time that I could see Beijing city after all these years, my neighbor in the plane even found his home the « SOHO » City near the Grand [...]

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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