After the publication of the Chinese growth during the 2^nd quarter, and according to the consultation of the international medias or of the Chinese newspapers, we are worry or reinsured. The international press notes that the 1^st estimation of the GDP growth (4.7% year on year) is in retreat compared to the 1^st quarter one (5.3% year on year) and sees there a sign of an important slowing which is the consequence of the structural problems the country is confronted with. To the opposite, the Chinese Daily News is satisfied because growth during the 1 ...

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The visit of the president Xi Jinping has given a good image of the personal relations between the two heads of States but has not brought any progress, regarding the major geopolitical stakes as about the economic relations between the two countries. The celebration of the 80^th anniversary of the recognition by France of the Popular Republic was more a pretext than an historical demand because it was important that, in the current tense international context, any opportunity was good to take to exchange positions. But that does not mean that concrete results were inevitably obtained and these ones ...

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At a moment when the National People Congress is meeting, the government has confirmed for this year its growth objective around 5% but has not yet announced special rebounding economic measures, which gives rise to some skepticism among Western observers. They notice that this figure is quite low compared to the growth, frequently above 7%, obtained during the decades before the covid-19 crisis. It will be moreover difficult to reach it because the 5% obtained in 2023 was benefiting from a favorable basis effect due to the end in 2023 of the restrictions occurred to fight against the pandemic.

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