Call it Cognac diplomacy. France offered China's Xi a special drink, in a wink at their trade spat
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Charm him with a bottle of Cognac, or two. That seemed to be French President Emmanuel Macron's strategy with his carefully selected gift list for visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday.
Macron offered rare volumes by Victor Hugo, the first French-Chinese dictionary, a sculpted glass vase from Amboise and two bottles of Cognac, a Hennessy X.O. and a prized Louis XIII by Remy Martin.
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