Jacques argues that something like the tributary system that existed in the past can be re-created, but that system applied mainly to China's nearer and smaller neighbours.

雅克认为类似于过去附属国的体制可能会重现，但是这种体制主要体现在中国临近的和较小的邻国。

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Until 1800, Mr Jacques argues, the most advanced parts of China and Europe had reached comparable levels of development.

ECONOMIST: China's future

The best alternative to the neo-Gaullist politics of President Jacques Chirac, he argues, is not a more moderate but a harder left.

ECONOMIST: The French Socialist Party