Asia welcomes bon ami Chirac
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French President Jacques Chirac, on a state visit to China, launch the &quot;Year of France in China&quot; yesterday in Beijing. He arrived in China from Singapore where he stopped over on his trip, dubbed his continuing &quot;30-year liaison with Asia.
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A summit between the two nations' leaders is a sign of how Japan's new prime minister is looking beyond the U.S. and embracing its Asian partners
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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
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CHENGDU, China, Oct 8  - French President Jacques Chirac arrived in the southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu on Friday for a four-day state visit centred on economic cooperation.
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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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HANOI : The Asia-Europe Summit Meeting was enlarged on Thursday to include the European Union&#39;s 10 new members as well as three Asian nations -- Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- The leaders of France and Australia met with Afghan President Hamid Karzai Saturday, each pledging their countries' long-term commitment to Afghanistan.
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Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM), an informal dialogue between the two continents, Thursday embraced 13 new members. Among the new members are three ASEAN countries -- Laos, Cambodia and
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France is willing to further promote friendly ties with China and with the Chinese people, said French President Jacques Chirac in Beijing Sunday evening.
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Premier Wen Jiabao(front row, third from right) and other Asian and European leaders attend the Fifth Asia-Europe Meeting summit, which opened in Hanoi, Vietnam yesterday.
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French President Jacques Chirac&#39;s China visit is sure to boost Sino-French all-round strategic partnership, Chinese Vice President Zeng Qinghong said here Saturday.
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French companies were counting some US$5 billion in spoils after French President Jacques Chirac used an official visit to China to boost economic ties in a bid to prevent France from being left behind in the ...
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President Jacques Chirac crossed the English Channel to say on Thursday that France was ready to cooperate with the United States and Britain to make the world more stable, just and prosperous.
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"With this letter, I wanted to express both my deep spiritual affection for all Catholics in China and a cordial esteem for the Chinese people"  Pope Benedict XVI and French President Nicolas Sarkozy exchange gifts during a private audience at the Vatican Thursday, Dec. via The Macon Telegraph
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French President Jacques Chirac began an Asian tour on Tuesday with a lightning visit to Singapore, where terrorism and a potential billion-dollar jet fighter contract were hot topics of his discussions with ...
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French President Jacques Chirac held talks with his South Korean counterpart Roh Moo-Hyun in Paris and expressed the hope that his visit would give a "new impetus" to bilateral relations, Chirac's office said.
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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro  Koizumi wooed southeast Asia on Tuesday a day after regional  giant China signed a landmark deal with ASEAN to create an open  Asian market of 1.8 billion people by 2015.