They bought the vineyards of Burgundy and Bordeaux, they have acquired shares in the airport of Toulouse, and took control of the Club Med, they have flooded the european market with their solar panels and their steel not to mention athletic shoes, or mobile phones. With their spectacular rise to power, the Chinese concern to the French. Of course, all do not share the observation of the minister of Economy, Bruno Le Maire, in his book of campaign, The New Empire , for which “the china challenge represents for the european continent, the most important of the century to come.” But according to a survey Kantar Public carried out for the Institut Montaigne, in the end of last year, 43 % of French perceptions of China as an economic threat, compared to 27 % who view it primarily as an opportunity.

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