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Nature 431, 887 (21 October 2004) | doi:10.1038/431887b; Published online 20 October 2004

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French delegation strengthens bond with China

David Cyranoski

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Chirac signs up for research collaborations.

France and China are a lot closer — economically, politically and scientifically — following the French president Jacques Chirac's visit to China earlier this month.Travelling through the country with a 50-strong French trade delegation, Chirac helped to secure billions of dollars' worth of industrial contracts for France at the same time as signing framework agreements for the promotion of research into environmental protection, the development and peaceful use of atomic energy, health and medical science, nuclear fusion, and the exploration of space.

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