It is not a question of concern but obviously a question of great interest to us.

The year 2005 is quite a significant year for us, not only globally, but particularly in China.

The communiqué reflects our particular concern about the negative impact that excessive increases in short-term interest rates in the major industrialized countries on growth prospects and the cost of credit for developing countries. We are also concerned about the potential dangers of too much volatility among the major currencies and financial asset markets.

My interest and my concern is not so much to ... commemorate what happened 50 years ago but to look at where we are now. We have to realize racism is not going to go away by itself.

The extension of the contract demonstrates our strong confidence in the Chinese aviation market and our commitment to the healthy growth of this market.

It's a good move for Airbus because we don't have enough space in Beijing now and China Eastern is the first operator of many Airbus aircraft types and has the largest fleet of A300, A310 and A340 aircraft in China.