An entrepreneur from China walks in front of Russian students taking the sun in Paris on April 16.
Early in the outbreak, France had requisitioned all face mask stocks and production for distribution to doctors, nurses and caregivers. FFP2 masks were included in some of the kits, along with protective gloves, disinfectant wipes and Chinese traditional medicine.It was doing “its best … to defend the rights and legitimate interests of Chinese compatriots in France.”France this week summoned the Chinese ambassador to protest a string of controversial comments by Beijing’s embassy in Paris on France’s handling of the coronavirus.
Faced with “the inability to take appropriate protective measures”, said the authors of the letter, penned in Mandarin, they were launching an appeal for “certain protective products and medical materials”. If ex-pats granted French nationality are included, the number could be as high as 700,000, according to local groups.
“So the government decided to help the Chinese abroad, to calm the situation. This can be called Chinese health diplomacy,” she said.Besides official aid, there has been massive private mobilisation, including the supply of millions of masks via “non-official channels,” said Tamara Lui, president of the Chinese Association of France.
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