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French Senate to celebrate overseas Chinese business elite

View of the Luxembourg Palace from the French Senate. © Maeva Destombes/Hans Lucas via AFP

The president of the Ligue Universelle du Bien Public, Jean-Claude Baudry, is hosting an event on 16 December at the French Senate with the World Federation of Chinese Entrepreneurs Organisation from Macau to award medals to a small group of Chinese entrepreneurs. [...]

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