Business looms large but politics creep into agenda as Chirac visits China
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Business opportunities in one of the world's fastest-growing economies dominated the agenda as French President Jacques Chirac continued his visit to China, but sensitive political issues also edged their way onto the program.
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French President Jacques Chirac  declared on Saturday that France was a natural trade partner to  China and, amid a flurry of air, rail and energy deals, played  down any threat from one the world's fastest growing economies.
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French government officials are planning to raise their concerns over China&#39;s exchange-rate policy at a meeting of eurozone finance ministers, the Financial Times reported on Monday.
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The French president will meet his Chinese counterpart on a four-day state visit focusing on economic ties.
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French President Jacques Chirac arrived in Chengdu, capital city of southwest China&#39;s Sichuan Province Friday evening, kicking off a five-day state visit to China as guest of Chinese President Hu Jintao.
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Chinese Communist leaders are to hold a key meeting amid fears that corruption is undermining their rule.
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French President Jacques Chirac began a  visit to Britain Thursday overshadowed by his withering  accusations against Washington and London of endangering the  world by invading Iraq.
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French President Jacques Chirac's trip this week to Beijing will bring into sharp focus the battle between the world's biggest aircraft makers, Europe's Airbus and Boeing of the United States, for the prized ...
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China and France have a great deal of room to expand the scale of bilateral trade and investment, said officials and experts ahead of French President Jacques Chirac's visit to China.
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French President Jacques Chirac is to embark Tuesday on an Asian tour aimed at boosting economic ties -- and maybe his lifelong passion for Chinese art.
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French President Jacques Chirac began a visit to Britain Thursday overshadowed by his withering accusations against Washington and London of endangering the world by invading Iraq.
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IF the speculation is right that John Howard&#39;s fourth term will come to be seen as his &quot;Chinese period&quot;, the Prime Minister may seek inspiration from a man he may otherwise spurn emulating: Jacques Chirac.
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French President Jacques Chirac visited ventures by his countrymen in the business hub of Shanghai Tuesday as he wrapped up a China trade mission that yielded big contracts but failed to cinch a hoped-for deal ...
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French President Jacques Chirac ended his hours long visit to Hong Kong, the last leg of his five-day visit to China, and left for Paris Tuesday night.
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In the presence of French President Jacques Chirac and Mr. Hu Jintao, president of the People's Republic of China, on Oct.
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French President Jacques Chirac began an Asian tour with a lightning visit to Singapore, where terrorism and a potential billion-dollar jet fighter contract were hot topics of his discussions with the city-state's leaders.
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President Jacques Chirac embarks on an eight-day Asian tour aimed at winning France a bigger slice of China's super-hot economic pie by playing on political and cultural relations that have grown noticeably closer.