Sino-French ties warm up after big chill, experts say

French scholars, diplomats think China key to multi-polar world

BEIJING - Sino-French relations have been salvaged from a nearly two-year diplomatic chill, leading diplomats and experts from both sides said during a seminar on Sino-French relations held in Beijing on Tuesday.

They also urged both nations to cooperate better to face rising global challenges in a 'multi-polar' world. Although the French side called China a "strong and wealthy" power, their Chinese counterparts disagreed, saying the nation was still a "developing country".