Giovanni Andornino shares his view on the recent visit of the President of the Italian Senate to China as a milestone in the deepening of…
From November 30 to December 12, Paris hosted the 21st annual session of the Conference of Parties (COP 21) to the 1992 United Nations Framework…
Luca Raineri is a PhD candidate at Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies. His work focus on the geopolitics of the Sahel region and on implausible borders in…
The 6th Forum on China–Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) took place last week in Johannesburg, where leaders from more than 40 African countries gathered on December 4…
During the recent Fifth Plenum of the 18th Party Congress in Beijing, Chinese leaders took the decision of ending an over three decade-old policy that…
Every China observer will be watching closely the meeting awaited for November 7th: for the first time in history China’s President and Taiwan’s President will…
Michele Geraci is a managing director-level investment banker with vast international experience, having worked over the last 20 years in fund management, equity research, corporate…
Every five years the International Monetary Fund (IMF) reviews its decision on which values to add to its basket of reserve currencies or special drawing…
The recent terrorist attacks in Paris and in Bamako, together with the shot down of a Russian jet by the Turkish air force, have shaken…
On November 18th and 19th, the China-Italy Science, Technology and Innovation Week (CISTIW) took place in Chongqing. The 2015 edition of this important event jointly…
In China, November 11th is the “Singles’ Day”. According to the fact that numbers have always played a significant role in Chinese culture, the date…
For the first time in the last ten years, this week a Chinese President paid an official visit to the U.K. There has been high…
According to the World Health Organization (WHO) there are more than 300 million smokers in China, nearly one-third of the world’s total. A new study…
After the much acclaimed Mo Yan, who won the Nobel prize for literature in 2012, the name of Tu Youyou is going to be echoing…
The Greek debt talks and the question of will they, won’t they leave the euro, have been standing out on the front pages of newspapers…
Chinese premier Li Keqiang flew to Europe this week to take part in the 17th bilateral summit between the European Union and China, as well…
“Women hold up half of the sky”: this slogan stood out on propaganda posters in the 1950s showing a man and a woman working side…
“How is your sky so blue, Beijing?” this is what a friend who lives in the capital posted on a popular social network a few…
In the Northern hemisphere, June 21 is the longest day of the year. The summer solstice has always had a key importance since ancient times…
Beijing leaders announced the introduction of a new smoke-free ordinance to be enforced in the capital in the coming weeks. Smoking in all indoor places…