Paris and Beijing eye stronger ties on AI and shared global priorities

China and France are deepening their bilateral relationship with a focus on artificial intelligence (AI) and global governance amid shifting international ￰0￱ high-level dialogues were held during the 27th China-France Strategic Dialogue in Hangzhou this ￰1￱ Foreign Minister Wang Yi and French Presidential Diplomatic Adviser Emmanuel Bonne discussed the current political uncertainty potential cooperation in new technologies and the pursuit of a more balanced global ￰2￱ and France expand cooperation in AI and clean energy Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi announced that China will collaborate with France in the fields of civil nuclear energy

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and new energy ￰3￱ believes that both countries should continue to hold frequent and high-level meetings and expand cooperation in projects that will provide their people with better opportunities for education employment and ￰4￱ Yi also said that China hopes France will provide “solid political guarantees” to support the stable and long-term relationship between the two ￰5￱ added that China respects France for consistently pursuing an independent foreign policy which enables it to make its own decisions based on fairness and reason

rather than outside ￰6￱ Bonne said France values its relationship with China and wants to work together in trade science technology and environmental ￰7￱ believes cooperation between China and Europe should continue

so that nations can build strong communication and avoid ￰8￱ experts said that France plays a crucial role in shaping Europe’s foreign policy and can help promote a more pragmatic and fair attitude toward ￰9￱ explained that closer cooperation between the two countries could help them handle the many economic and political challenges that the world faces ￰10￱ nations push for dialogue on global challenges and Europe-China ties Minister Wang Yi and Emmanuel Bonne discussed the war in Ukraine the tensions in the Middle East and the need for reforming the global governance system to address the challenges ￰11￱ stated that the world today faces numerous complex problems

and no country can solve these problems on its ￰12￱ Yi said that China hopes France will continue to promote the idea of the European Union’s “strategic autonomy.” He explained that Europe should be able to make its own choices in foreign and economic policy based on its own interests rather than following the lead of other ￰13￱ added that partnership and cooperation should guide China-EU relations not competition or ￰14￱ noted that the latest talks indicated that both sides still prioritize stability and cooperation over ￰15￱ analysts said Europe wants to strengthen its relationship with China to help reduce its dependence on other economic powers and to open new ￰16￱ said China could also help Europe manage its current trade tensions with the United States and enhance its access to the fast-growing Asian ￰17￱ said the partnership between the two countries can lead to breakthroughs in AI

clean energy and green industry because China is already specialized in research and advanced energy ￰18￱ argue that maintaining open communication between China and the European Union can help both sides avoid misunderstandings manage differences more effectively and collaborate on shared ￰19￱ plans for increased China-French cooperation

Chinese hackers have allegedly infiltrated British classified computer systems for more than a ￰20￱ government documents recognized Beijing’s spying as a risk to the economy and to democratic ￰21￱ routinely plundered low-level classified UK government information on government servers for up to a decade say former senior security officials and government ￰22￱ included “official-sensitive” and “secret” documents as well as material held on secure government IT ￰23￱ data that was accessed included confidential documents on the formulation of government policy private communications and some diplomatic cables

the people ￰24￱ described Chinese attempt to penetrate British government systems is ￰25￱ information and intelligence classified as top secret are not believed to have been compromised and were being stored securely the people said disputing a report in The Times newspaper on ￰26￱ Bybit now and claim a $50 bonus in minutes