This column was previously published in L’Express on 16th June 2022 Up against logistical hindrances and the need to take a new look at supply circuits, Beijing finds itself in a strong position. “We’ve gone from a demand crisis to a supply crisis,” said Olivier Andriès, the managing director of…

This column was first published in L’Opinion on 30th June 2022 The battle between Russia and Ukraine seems set to last for some time, begging the question: time is on whose side in the quest for a new world order? Normally resident in Hong Kong, I have been in Paris…

This column was previously published in L’Express on 27th January 2022 2022 is a window of opportunity for Europe to draw up the conditions for a new dialogue with China… It just requires a new mindset. “Europe must establish a balance of power”, said Thierry Breton to L’Express recently. This…

This column was previously published in L’Express on 19th May 2022 The human drama being played out at the moment in the huge Chinese city of Shanghai shouldn’t cover up the signals that Beijing is putting out to its population and to the West. Could it be that China is…

This column was previously published in L’Express on 21st April 2022 The new environment in China is the result of several concurrent crises… that Beijing refuses to recognize. The election of President Xi Jinping for his third term of office next autumn could raise some hopes of a rapid awareness…

This column was previously published in L’Express on 24th march 2022 The National People’s Congress has produced a recovery plan replacing “common prosperity” by economic stability. This new direction takes no account of the three problems facing Beijing. The Communist Party’s annual “two assemblies” event ended on 11th March and…

This column was previously published in L’Express on 24th february 2022 As the collapse of the giant developer threatens to spread to the whole of the real estate sector, Beijing is banking more than ever on the export industry moving upmarket, to the detriment of the service sector. The worst thing about the Omicron variant is that it is highly contagious, and China is finding out that the same goes for real estate crises. The collapse of the giant developer Evergrande — which even a command economy…

This column was first published in L’Opinion on 23 march 2022 So many lies have been told about the reasons for the war in Ukraine that our democratic societies must question themselves about their own climb-downs and cowardice when faced with the truth. “In war […] there are no winners”…

Rather than prioritizing strong growth, the Chinese government is giving priority to a new financial rigor. A new hand for Europe to play against. This column (“Lettre d’Asie”) was previously published on 17th february 2022 in L’Opinion With this Chinese New Year under the sign of the tiger, will China…