Françafrique : ce qu’il faut savoir
Retrouvailles et échange avec Maurice Portiche, ancien ambassadeur de France, pour parler de la Françafrique. 3 février 2025
Les Français au Venezuela : rencontre avec Laurent Rotger
Les Français au Venezuela : rencontre avec Laurent Rotger, expatrié à Caracas, président de Caracas Accueil. 4 février 2025
S’expatrier en Chine : le point avec Mickaël Viudez (Sinofrance)
S’expatrier en Chine : le point avec Mickaël Viudez (Sinofrance)Pourquoi s’expatrier, expatrié ou immigré, la vie à Pékin, la situation en France, le rôle des élus des Français de l’étranger, on parle de tout ! 31 janvier 2025
Chinese New Year Happy Wednesday (Hong Kong)
Great night at the horse races, with Chinese New Year theme on Wednesday 5 February 2025!Thanks all, and thanks HK Jicky Club for inviting CFI members to such a quality event, as usual.
Chandeleur 2025 (Hong Kong)
On Sunday 2 February 2025, we had a great Chandeleur dinner at La Creperie in Hong Kong. CFI always celebrates this French tradition. We are happy keep it alive, as well as share it with our international friends. Thanks all for coming!
What is chess boxing? Meet with Terry.
Terry Kochanowski, French expat in China, tells us about his mindset and hobby: chess boxing. 1) Where are you from, what do you do, what brought you to China? I am from Béziers, south of France. I am 29, I work in finance industry. I moved to china as business controller for a French company…
Dinner and galette des rois 2025 in Shenzhen
Very nice dinner and galette des rois in Shenzhen on Saturday 18 January 2025, thanks everyone! We had an amazing night thanks at Golden Olives, Greek restaurant. The food was excellent, and they welcomed our kings cake. We love to build partnerships with friends of France and share cultures. After that, the party people continued…
France-Shenzhen Innovation Networking Dinner – Digital InPulse 2025
We were delighted to meet 8 French start-ups coming to visit Hong Kong and Shenzhen in January 2025 via the Digital InPulse programme by Huawei. This programme is an excellent way to promote innovation and collaboration between France and China. We had the opportunity to interview representatives from Huawei, as well as some participants of…
Galette des rois – Kings cake 2025 in Hong Kong
Thanks all for a great “galette des rois”, kings cake event in Hong Kong on Thrusday 9 january 2025! The kings cake, also known as a three kings cake, is a tradition in France and many countries associated with Epiphany. This year, we had a very good welcome by Renaissance Hong Kong Harbour View Hotel…
How to use our private CFI groups
Hi guys! ?Let me take a few minutes to share about how we can make the most of CFI groups. First of all, what is CFI? All info here: https://www.clubfranceinternational.com/about-cfi/CFI is global, so this message is for all CFI members in the world. How do CFI groups work? In addition to the public pages that…
“J’ai le sentiment d’avoir été totalement abandonné par mon pays.”
“Je suis expatrié à Phuket depuis 13 ans et je suis marié à une Thaïe. Je dirigeais deux entreprises, l’une dans l’hôtellerie, l’autre dans la fabrication et la distribution de spécialités culinaires françaises. En 2020, j’ai confié, comme chaque année, le renouvellement de mon visa et de mon permis de travail à Phuket Visa Lawyers,…
Why so many French people want to live in Thailand
Why do so many French people leave their country and choose Thailand? Nick tells us his story. Where are you from, and why did you choose to move to Bangkok? How is life there? France, Yvelines. What motivated me to leave France is private and political reason, as well as precariousness. A scent of adventure…
