Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Paris for a state visit on Sunday.
It takes place during celebrations marking the 60th anniversary of formal diplomatic relations between Beijing and Paris - with France having been the first major Western power to establish official diplomatic relations with China.
On China-France ties, we talked to Jean-Pierre Raffarin, former French prime minister, who has been serving as a bridge between the two countries for decades.
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