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New era of China-France cooperation and strength
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Fri Jan 12, 2018 6:42 amby mrswdk
The French president, Emmanuel Macron, has fired the starting pistol on a three-day visit to China by giving his host, Xi Jinping, a horse called Vesuvius.
The eight-year-old gelding recruited from France’s presidential cavalry corps represented “an unprecedented diplomatic gesture”, Reuters quoted the French presidency as saying.
“It mattered a lot for the president, even if it was very complicated to import a horse for sanitary reasons,” one official said. “It’s a symbol of French excellence.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/ ... isit-chinaMacron's first stop on his tour was the ancient city of Xi'an, the start of President Xi's sprawling, ambitious Belt and Road trade initiative.
The French President said Europe should play a key role in the trillion dollar trade and infrastructure plan, and by doing so in Xi'an, he sent a symbol of France's strong support for the project.
In Beijing, following a trip to the Forbidden City, Macron poured praise on Xi for China's commitment to open, multilateral trade and for sticking to Beijing's commitments under the Paris Climate Accords.
He even offered a twist on his "Make our planet great again" slogan, by delivering the line in Mandarin.
http://edition.cnn.com/2018/01/10/asia/ ... index.html
Re: New era of China-France cooperation and strength
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Fri Jan 12, 2018 8:30 amby 2dimes
Wait whose slogan is that?
I had to fix it after I read it after being forcibly corrected. Looked really dumb.
Re: New era of China-France cooperation and strength
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Fri Jan 12, 2018 9:04 amby mrswdk
Whose slogan?
Macron's slogan!
Whose slogan?
Macron's slogan!
Ooh, aah, Macaroooooon.
Re: New era of China-France cooperation and strength
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Fri Jan 12, 2018 9:11 amby 2dimes
Right whose. Should I fix that?
Re: New era of China-France cooperation and strength
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Fri Jan 12, 2018 9:28 amby mrswdk
I hadn't even noticed tbh.
Re: New era of China-France cooperation and strength
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Fri Jan 12, 2018 11:11 amby 2dimes
Well when I read your's and it was correct suddenly mine became, "Who is slogan is that?" I often leave things like that here for comedy but I couldn't bare that one,
Re: New era of China-France cooperation and strength
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Fri Jan 12, 2018 11:35 amby mrswdk
Might as well have done, at least one person on hear would have bust a blood vessel if they saw it.
Re: New era of China-France cooperation and strength
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Fri Jan 12, 2018 12:39 pmby betiko
I hope it was clear that this horse was meant for the dinner. French tradition.
Re: New era of China-France cooperation and strength
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Fri Jan 12, 2018 1:01 pmby Dukasaur
Actually, it's bigWham's slogan.
Re: New era of China-France cooperation and strength
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Fri Jan 12, 2018 2:32 pmby Bernie Sanders
betiko wrote:I hope it was clear that this horse was meant for the dinner. French tradition.
Chinese don't eat horse. They munch on dogs and cats. .
Re: New era of China-France cooperation and strength
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Fri Jan 12, 2018 2:53 pmby 2dimes
mrswdk wrote:Might as well have done, at least one person on hear would have bust a blood vessel if they saw it.
I here ya.
Re: New era of China-France cooperation and strength
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Sat Jan 13, 2018 12:55 pmby betiko
Bernie Sanders wrote:betiko wrote:I hope it was clear that this horse was meant for the dinner. French tradition.
Chinese don't eat horse. They munch on dogs and cats. .
That was the point captain obvious