摘 要: | French President Nicolas Sarkozy's recent China tour was unprecedented in choice and timing.He selected Xi'an,an ancient capital in northwest China's Shaanxi Province,for his sentiments toward Chinese history instead of Beijing as the first leg of his state visit.He set foot in China six months after tak- ing office,instead of waiting two years like most of his predeces- sors.And he was the first visiting foreign head of state since the country's ruling Communist Party concluded its historic 17th National Congress.
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