China is today the most important emitter of greenhouse gas but that has not been always the situation. The country over passed the United States only recently. As climate change is linked to the accumulated pollution, the new emitters have considered for a long time that the efforts had to be at first imposed to the countries which were responsible of the past accumulation. That was the China position but it has changed. The support, without any ambiguity, by Beijing to the Paris Agreement, is the proof of it and it is not the reflection of diplomatic or symbolic attitude ...

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The Syrian crisis must not conceal the other current factors of instability. Tension between the U.S. and its allied nations and Russia will wane as soon as situation in Syria calms down. Economic consequences of the sanctions will be limited at the world level. It won’t be the same if a real economic war opposes China and the U.S. It is the whole international trade organization which could be affected. Despite its defects and the exceptional imbalances that system has sometimes generated, it has permitted a continuous trade development for more than fifty years and it is ...

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The names, in the Chinese calendar, carry no particular symbolic message but the dog, as a domestic animal itself, is well-known for its faithfulness. It is not incompatible with the point that China is loyal to the principles stated by its leaders and is redirecting progressively its economy toward its interior market through its modernization and in satisfying its population demands regarding environment. In 2018, the year of the Dog, following the year of the Cock, growth should continue with a strong rhythm. The point to know if it will “slow” after the 6.9% reached in 2017 to be ...

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