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Jean-François Di Meglio

Jean-François Di Meglio

A former student of the École Normale Supérieure and Peking University, Jean-François Di Meglio spent more than twenty years in a major French financial institution, working internationally – more specifically in Asia. From 2005 to 2008 he in charge of the energy and raw materials sector in China for BNP Paribas. He joined Asia Centre in May 2008 to apply his knowledge of the business world and Asia before becoming President in 2009.

Autres analyses

Taiwan cooking oil scandal: Why Isn’t Beijing Adding Fuel to the Fire? • Isabelle Feng

31 July 2026 No Comments

In this new piece, Isabelle Feng looks back at the tainted cooking oil scandal that has affected Taiwan for several weeks, and at Beijing’s measured response to the affair. She examines the protests held in Taipei on 25 July, the coverage of the event by Chinese state media, and reactions observed on Chinese social media. She puts this episode in perspective alongside the history of food safety scandals in mainland China and the question of freedom to protest on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.

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G2: as simple as a phone call ?

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Jean-François Di Meglio shares a new analysis about the Sino-American discussion, April the 2nd.

« April 2nd’s telephone call with president Joe Biden fortified the mutual tone of respect struck in the bilateral commitments made during the successful China-US San Francisco summit in November of last year. […] While the call should generally be understood as a positive development, discrepancies in the two countries’ reports on exactly which areas for co-management were emphasized on the call, may be cause for pause. »

 

Translated by Thomas Lohman.

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