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China's diplomatic, military, economic and technological assertiveness, as well as its growing rivalry with the United States, raise certain apprehensions among its neighbors and Europeans alike.
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La Chine est-elle le banquier du monde ?
Auteur de "La Chine, banquier du monde", Claude Meyer est l'invité de Mohamed Kaci dans le 64' de TV5MONDE. Docteur en économie et ancien dirigeant de banque, Claude Meyer enseigne à Sciences-Po. Chercheur associé au CERI et au GEM, il a publié de nombreux ouvrages et articles sur l’Asie.
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Le fait de chausser les seules lunettes de l’économie pour étudier la Chine peut conduire à des erreurs de perspective.
Et encore, dans ce cas-là, il ne s’agit souvent que du commerce extérieur chinois.
Or, le pays non seulement voit des formes de contestation interne à la fois se multiplier et se diversifier, mais ses responsables politiques devront affronter des défis internes considérables.
On connaît les grands chantiers, actuels ou à venir : laissés pour compte du développement, gestion des mégapoles, natalité, vieillissement de la population, systèmes de retraite, corruption, violences sociétales, liberté d’expression, etc.
Comment donc réduire toutes ces vulnérabilités ?
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Cette semaine, le livre international est planétaire, puisqu’on va parler de La Chine banquier du monde. Qu’est-ce que la Chine achète, qu’est-ce que la Chine finance, d’où vient cet argent chinois qui semble inépuisable ? Réponses avec l’auteur de ce livre, Claude Meyer, docteur en économie, enseignant à Sciences Politiques.
Chine-France, mariage forcé ?
Notre invité est :
Claude Meyer
Economiste, ancien dirigeant de banque et enseignant à Sciences–Po.
Chercheur associé au CERI (Centre d'études et de recherches internationales) et au GEM (Groupe d’économie mondiale)
Il publie La Chine, banquier du monde aux éditions Fayard.
La Chine, banquier du monde ?
Après le tsunami des exportations, voilà la déferlante chinoise sur la finance. A l’instar des autres grandes puissances économiques de la planète, la Chine dispose aujourd’hui de multiples canaux d’influence issus de son pouvoir économique. Les utilise-t-elle pour servir ses propres intérêts géopolitiques ? Y parvient-elle ? La Chine superpuissance mondiale… à quelle échéance ? Et avec quel régime politique ?
Le modèle chinois "est à bout de souffle"
TROIS QUESTIONS A - Claude Meyer, professeur d’économie internationale et auteur de deux ouvrages sur le Chine.
L’INFO. La Chine a dévoilé le chiffre de sa croissance lundi. A 7,7%, il est toujours largement supérieur à la plupart des pays développés, mais reste que ce résultat est le plus bas des treize dernières années. La Chine, désormais concurrencée par ses voisins asiatiques, n’est plus aussi attractive. L’Etat souhaite faire évoluer son modèle vers l’industrie innovante et la consommation intérieure.
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La Chine est-elle vraiment la première puissance économique mondiale ? La Banque mondiale le dit. En Afrique comme en France, on accueille à bras ouverts les investissements chinois. Mais, Pékin joue sur deux tableaux : acteur majeur de l’économie mondiale et, malgré tout, puissance émergente. Au moment où la croissance économique de l’empire du Milieu faiblit, où va la Chine, où entraîne-t-elle le monde ?
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European Think-tank Network on China (ETNC)
The European Think-tank Network on China (ETNC) is a gathering of China experts from a selection of European research institutes. It is devoted to the policy-oriented study of Chinese foreign policy and relations between China and European countries as well as China and the EU. It facilitates regular exchanges among participating researchers with a view to deepening the understanding within the European policy and research community and the broader public of how Europe, as a complex set of actors, relates with China and how China’s development and evolving global role is likely to impact the future of Europe. The network’s discussions and analyses take a decidedly ‘bottom-up’ approach, accounting for the various aspects of bilateral relations between European countries and China, and the points of convergence and divergence among EU member states in order to examine EU-China relations in a realistic and comprehensive way. The views presented in ETNC reports are the sole responsibility of the signed authors and do not in any way represent the views of all members of the ETNC, its participating institutions, nor the institutions with which the authors are affiliated.
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