Socialism bedding with Communism. - AsiaNews.it reports that President Jacques Chirac has been meeting with China:
Speaking yesterday at the Tongji University in Shanghai , Chirac urged China to play a more active role in the United Nations, where both countries are permanent members of the Security Council. Mr Chirac pressed France's argument for multiple sources of global influence, underscoring France's hopes of allying with China in an attempt to counterbalance the dominance of the United States.
Discussion of human rights abuses has been avoided, with Chirac instead discreetly handing over a list of imprisoned dissidents - played down by French officials as a routine gesture by a visiting European leader. Even the names upon it remained a secret.
Perhaps the list was instead a bunch of suggestions for further ways to crack down on the rights of Christians and parents wanting more than one child. Either that or a list of weapons they'd like to supply China.
