Silly fuss about wine buyer

The French media's lavish coverage of a Chinese tourist extravagantly buying wine at a Paris airport indicates that the French media once again politicize common events in bilateral ties, says an article in the People's Daily website. An excerpt follows:

Recently, a Chinese tourist buying 50,000 euros worth of wine at a Paris airport hit the headlines in many French newspapers, radios and TV channels. Paris being the capital of the world's luxury products, it is very common that a foreign tourist spends a lot of money there and all French media should be accustomed to it. Then, why was the Chinese singled out?

France's relations with China plunged to a low point last year because of the stubborn position adopted by the French government on the Dalai Lama issue. There have been rising calls within China for a boycott of French goods. Thus, a Chinese tourist's extravagant purchase of French goods was thought to be a rare chance to trumpet a normal trade relationship between the two countries.