12.07.2008

Sarkozy hardline remarks stir up more controversy

Actuellement en Chine, je peux vous confirmer que les relations Franco-Chinoises sont très instables, et je vous laisse lire cet article publié aujourd'hui par le "China Daily".

Sarkozy hardline remarks stir up more controversy
By Jiao Xiaoyang


French President Nicolas Sarkozy stirred controversy in Sino-French relations again by making hardline remarks on a possible meeting with the Dalai Lama, just one day after meeting President Hu Jintao.

In an address at the European Parliament on Thursday, Sarkozy insisted that he will take no heed of China's concerns on whether he would meet the Dalai Lama.
"There are things that China must not tell European countries," Sarkozy said. "It's not up to China to set my agenda and my meetings."
"Is it illegal to meet the Nobel Prize laureate? I wonder who could possibly stop me from doing such a thing," he said.
The French president's tone sharply contrasted with the one taken when he met his Chinese counterpart on the sidelines of the G8 summit in Toyako, Japan.
Sarkozy told Hu that his government would adhere to the one-China policy.
The French leader also confirmed he will attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, despite his previous threats to boycott the Games.

In the address at the European Parliament on Thursday, Sarkozy firmly defended his decision on the Olympics and stressed the importance of engagement with China.


Et voici quelques commentaires que l'on peut trouver, des attitudes :

indulgentes
:
Angela Merkel met the DL too, and moreover refused to attend BJ Games Ceremony. She's a much much more a "hardliner" than Sarkozy!
Why not harrass Germany too instead of France, considering that German economy has much more to lose than France in terms of exports to China?


humoristiques :Let's finish the Olympic.
Then Gung Fu kick the big mouth French leader later.
China will gain a lot of fame after the game and
no more worry in the international affairs.
After the Olympics....China stance in the world will
be polite and strong....not weak anymore.


aggressives :
When a person presents one face one day and another quite different face on another day, he is emotionally unstable. He lacks credibility and therefore can not be trusted, in marriage or in business. His signature means nothing and his words mean even less. His is a mental case.