Pierre de Gaulle, grandson of the first president of the Fifth French Republic, General Charles de Gaulle, shared his grandfather's foresight: "He saw China's emergence as a major economic, diplomatic and military power as early as 1964". #ChinaFrance60 #ChinaEurope2024
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00:00 My grandfather recognized China's realities very early on,
00:05 as a great economic, diplomatic and military power, as early as 1964.
00:12 He spoke of China as a true country, a true nation, with true men, proud men.
00:20 So it was obvious to him, an important reality,
00:24 to consider, and he was the first Western head of state to recognize it,
00:28 China as a future great power at the time, as an arbiter on the international scene.