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China’s ‘southern disaster’: France lays waste to a Qing fleet
A French sneak attack in 1884 led to a fundamental misunderstanding of Qing technological prowess. It’s time to reexamine the popular — but simplistic, if not outright wrong — idea that China’s military losses to Europe (and, later, Japan) were due to its inability to modernize.
When Comrade Xi invited Monsieur Macron to tea
Xi Jinping took visiting French president Emmanuel Macron for a pas de deux in the Pines in a garden originally built for Chairman Mao. Macron was suitably impressed, and said all the right things that a ‘true friend of China’ must say.
China’s diplomats are driving other countries to sympathize with Taiwan
There was fury across Europe and beyond after Lu Shaye, China’s ambassador to France, questioned the legal status of Ukraine and other countries that were formerly part of the Soviet Union. It was merely the latest episode of Chinese diplomacy’s rapid unexpected disassembly.
Editor’s note for April 24, 2023
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
Editor’s note for April 14, 2023
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
Editor’s note for April 11, 2023
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Editor’s note for April 7, 2023
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Xi offers no help on Ukraine after meeting with Macron and von der Leyen
As expected, not much came out of the highly-anticipated meeting between the leaders of China, France, and the EU in Beijing today. But France did walk away with some lucrative business deals.
‘An imperial railway failure’: France’s disastrous colonization project on the China-Vietnam border
As many as 100,000 laborers died in the construction of the Kunming–Haiphong railway, which opened on April 1, 1910. The cost was not worth it.
A Chinese Catholic in Paris
John Hu arrived to France in 1722, accompanied by a Jesuit priest and tasked with cataloging and translating a library. He had a knack for behaving oddly, earning him the nickname “Don Quixote” in at least one town. But in the end, who gets to decide who’s sane?
A French assault on Taiwan
In the summer of 1884, French forces, frustrated by Qing refusal to comply with their colonial wishes in Indochina, attempted to demonstrate their power by taking Taiwan. Neither the landing nor the war went to plan.
France’s Hong Kong: The leased territory of Guangzhouwan
The “99-year lease” may be the most bureaucratic of euphemisms for colonization. Those leases followed the arrival of foreign troops and gunboats, but by “negotiating” leases, rather than compelling surrender, the European powers could claim this was business, not conquest.
China and Russia condemn sanctions, accuse West of ‘politicizing human rights issues’
The Chinese and Russian foreign ministers condemned Western nations for “politicizing human rights issues” with sanctions. Beijing separately lashed out at “the West,” accusing at least half a dozen nations of hypocrisy and saying they had no right to lecture China.
Will China help France fund a 10,000-strong anti-terrorism force in Africa?
Yesterday, we noted the results of a visit to Beijing by French President Emmanuel Macron. In summary: a few small business deals signed, larger deals delayed…
French President Emmanuel Macron shows off Mandarin in China
French President Emmanuel Macron embarked on his three-day state visit to China on Monday. A video showing him learning the phrase “Make our planet great…
Macron in China, seeking stronger ties between two countries
French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in China on January 8 for a three-day state visit. He brought the unusual gift of a real-life horse, a twist on the Chinese tradition of “panda diplomacy.”
Geopolitical angling and the French president’s visit to Beijing
There are pitfalls and opportunities for France in China as President Emmanuel Macron prepares to meet Xi Jinping. Will France be able to stand up to China’s agenda?
