Charles Grant wrote in his recent article that "optimists" like him who hold positive views of China's emergence appear to be fewer than before.

查尔斯·格兰特在他最近的一篇文章中说，像他本人那样的积极看待中国崛起的“乐观派”似乎正在减少。

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Charles Grant, director of the Centre for European Reform in London, suggests enlarging this.

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Charles Grant from the Centre for European Reform describes the government's policy towards Europe as "doing as little as possible".

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But the biggest truth running through the speech is that France, as Charles Grant has written, is learning the art of "followership" in Europe.

BBC: Germany, France and the ECB