In September, the political Bureau of the Chinese Communist party had a meeting and has made known that new measures to support economic activity were going to be announced without entering into the details. The objective of a 5% growth rate seemed to be difficult to be reached and it is that which has attracted the attention of the commentators. Yet, the fact that the Chinese GDP growth was 4.9%, as it emerges from the 1st half figures, or 5% has no importance. The accurateness of the statistics does not allow to giving attention to such small spreads. It ...

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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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