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Two nations enjoy historical amity

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From: China Daily
Date: 20061025
Author:Nicolas Chapuis

For a long time, France has enjoyed a positive image among the Chinese. The Enlightenment philosophy, the French Revolution and the Declaration of the Human and Citizen Rights are of remarkable influence in China.

And so is the historical French culture, which boasts numerous masters in literature of the 19th century, such as Victor Hugo, Honore de Balzac and Emile Zola. They have become household names in China.

During the 1920s and 1930s, some of the first generation of New China's leaders, including Zhou Enlai, Chen Yi and Deng Xiaoping, studied in France. That history had a pioneering ...

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