The survey was conducted before two technological achievements of chinese high profile in the media last week: the lunar landing succeeded probe Chang'e-4, and the diffusion of a spectacular aerial photo of Shanghai of a resolution record. And yet, 47 % of the French surveyed believed that the China was ahead of the Hexagon, in digital and technology. Only 19 % thought the contrary, according to a poll by Kantar Public leads to the Institut Montaigne on the image of the Middle empire in France.

The respondents are more likely (43 %) to perceive China as an economic threat than as an opportunity (27 %). In the same vein, 50 % of French interviewees consider negative chinese investment in France, while 33 % perceive the purchases of land, buildings or businesses in the country as positive. In this chapter, this negative view is not surprising as the media themselves have a tendency to report the acquisition of the chinese ...