LONDON – Chinese President Xi Jinping received a lavish reception in France at the start of his first European visit since the pandemic.
He was met at Orly airport in Paris on May 5 by French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal – an honour the Chinese did not similarly bestow on French President Emmanuel Macron on his visit to China a year ago.
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