In Paris, Chinese representatives and French politicians signed a Franco-Chinese cultural agreement: the Chinese sign in Chinese character - they shake hands.
The city of Metz currently exhibits some of the 7000 terracotta soldiers found in the tomb of the first Chinese emperor QIN in 1974. Images of warriors and details of their faces. Interview with Philippe LEROY, President of the General Council of Moselle on the difficulties encountered by his administration to obtain the exhibition and Flora BLANCHON Professor Art History Paris VI Sorbonne on this emperor who was a very great personality.
Third visit to Paris of the Beijing Opera for a series of dance shows. Dancers of the Popular China Artistic Ensemble perform the "Red Ribbon Dance", "Attack on Yientanshan Fortress" and "Phoenix of Fire".
In Paris, at the Stade de Coubertin, two Chinese ping pong world champions demonstrated their sport in front of spectators, Mr. HERZOG and the Chinese ambassador to France.
Fashion designer Pierre CARDIN is based in the People’s Republic of China through his restaurant Maxim’s in Beijing. Interview with Pierre CARDIN on the profits of his restaurant.
Chinese director CEN FAN and Chinese actor YAN ShunKai are present at the Cannes International Film Festival. Interview at a café terrace about the film "The True Story of AHQ", adapted from Lu Xun’s novel.
In Beijing, in a Pioneer Center, Chinese student dancers preparing the competition of the Beijing Dance Conservatory follow the precept of Chairman Mao: "that what is foreign serve the national interest", they learn classical western dance alongside classical Chinese and oriental dance. Testimony of Comrade YUIN.
Twenty Chinese students came to France to study French at the Faculty of Letters of Aix-en-Provence. After a visit of Paris and in particular the Eiffel Tower, they leave by train for Aix-en-Provence. In voiceover, a student speaking French explains that they received a scholarship from the French state to come to France as part of cultural exchanges between France and China. In China, children know French culture as well as the Paris Commune and the revolutionary song "L'internationale" written during the repression of the Paris Commune.
Report on the signing of an agreement in Beijing for the loan of two pandas to France. The French president had to negotiate for five with his Chinese counterpart to obtain this agreement. The panda couple should soon join the zoo of Beauval. A commentary on factual and illustrative images alternates with interviews with Sylvie BERMANN, Ambassador of France to China, and Rodolphe DELORD, Director of the Beauval Zoological Park.
In Paris, with the normalization of exchanges between France and China, Parisians have set themselves at the time of Beijing: influx of students in Chinese language courses, dance show of the Beijing Opera in Paris, tasting dishes in Chinese restaurants and buying traditional Chinese items.
A traditional Chinese junk was built in China in the shipyards of Canton according to the methods of former Chinese sailors for the elf-Aquitaine group. It was named after "Elf China" and handmade in Teak and Chinese wood. She currently sails in the Indian Ocean to the port of Bayonne.
The composer Jean Michel JARRE and his wife Charlotte RAMPLING are travelling to China in Beijing as part of the preparations for a concert of the composer in China. Already came to the Peking Conservatory last year, the musician had left them a synthesizer. Interview with Jean Michel JARRE on the interest of the Chinese for the synthesizer, the organization of a research workshop for Chinese musicians, rapprochement between traditional Chinese instruments and electronic sounds.
In Beijing, on the occasion of a series of concerts given by the musicians of the Lyon Opera, many Chinese come to queue to attend a concert in order to discover western music. Sidewalk near Chinese people.
On a visit to Beijing, Jacques CHIRAC kicked off the Year of France in China with Foreign Minister Michel BARNIER and Chinese President HU JINTAO. He was accompanied by French business leaders. Throughout the year, Chinese will be able to discover French culture through various cultural events: the flags of Buren at the Temple of the Sun and the exhibition Impressionist paintings at the Palais des Beaux-Arts and the concert of Jean-Michel JARRE in the Forbidden City. Micro-sidewalk of Chinese reacting to the exhibition Buren.
The arrival in Beijing of actor Alain DELON for a concert at the Palais des Congrès in Beijing caused the influx of many Chinese fans. Microtrottoir with fans and interview of Alain DELON on the symbol of opening to the West of the People’s Republic of China that he represents and on his emotion to celebrate his birthday in China with this concert.
Mr Malraux, Minister of State for Cultural Affairs, is back in France after a trip to Asia, officially in a private capacity; in reality, charged with a message from President De Gaulle. He took stock of the international situation with Chairman Mao Tse Tung and met with Chinese leaders.
Meeting with two French students who are going to China to teach the French language in Beijing. They are interviewed by Richard HARTZER. They talk about their project, about how to plan their stay.
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