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~ It's not 'Come if you want,' it's basically 'You're not welcome."

In two related articles in People’s Daily, French officials have been kindly reminded by the Chinese Ambassador to France to keep safeguarding the Chinese embassy in Paris (mentioning the Vienna convention), and avoid causing troubles when the Olympic “flame of harmony” is to reach the French capital:

Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Jiang Yu made the remarks in response to reports that France has threatened to withdraw police from the Paris embassy as a protest against comments by a Chinese diplomat, who likened China's handling of the violence in Lhasa to France's curbing of domestic unrest.

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Jiang Yu made the remarks at a regular press conference here when asked to comment on Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoe's reported statement about erecting a human rights banner when the Olympic torch passes through Paris.

By Julien Bertrand: On his first official visit to China, French President Nicolas Sarkozy must have been dizzy, witnessing the signing of contracts worth 20 billion euros in total, comprising of 160 Airbus aircrafts, two EPR nuclear reactors (to be built in Taishan, Guangdong, by 2014) and signal equipment for Shanghai’s future 36-kilometer metro line #10, a long-awaited deal between Alstom and Shanghai Metro that will link New Jiangwan Town to Hongqiao Airport. In an...

Honestly, when China threw a shitfit after German chancellor Merkel met the Dalai Lama, we really didn't give a hoot, in part because we've given up on seeing our dream of Tibetan secession realized in our lifetimes. But one thing you might not have known is that this diplomatic contretemps spilled over to affect our fair city. There was supposed to be a week long symposium sponsored by Der Spiegel at the Duolun Museum...