Après les publications de la croissance chinoise au 2^ème trimestre, et suivant que l’on consulte la presse internationale ou les quotidiens chinois, on est inquiet ou rassuré. La presse internationale remarque que la première estimation de la croissance du PIB est en retrait (4,7% sur un an) par rapport à celle du 1^er trimestre (5,3%) et y voit un signe de ralentissement important qui traduit les problèmes structurels auxquels est confronté le pays. Au contraire le quotidien chinois Daily News se réjouit de ce que la croissance au 1^er semestre a ...

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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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