Reading time: 6 minutes At the beginning of 2021 the world was hopeful for change after a disastrous year. The emergence of a global pandemic and eruption of pro-democracy demonstrations across the globe, raging [ … ]
Tag: China
Hong Kong: its political turmoil and the gloomy future
Reading time: 7 minutes The imposition of Hong Kong’s Extradition Bill in the summer of 2019 caused dozens of protests during which millions of Hongkongers marched in the name of democracy. And while the [ … ]
Not so over the Moon for Mooncakes anymore
Reading time: 5 minutes On October 1st, 2020, China – along with other Asian countries – celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival, which is characterized by the dessert consumed during this festivity: mooncakes. This sweet treat [ … ]
China will be carbon neutral by 2060: fantasy or reality?
Reading time: 5 minutes On 22 September, President Xi pledged to make China carbon neutral by 2060. Today, this seems an unrealistic goal, as the Chinese economy is addicted to coal and China is [ … ]
My War Eagles are Circling the Treasure Island
Reading time: 7 minutes Rarely do we experience the flashes of the contemporary wave of democratisation popularised once by S. Huntington. Looming behind the illiberal politics of the United States, India or Brazil, to [ … ]
Italy’s key role in China’s expansion over the European Community
Reading time: 4 minutes di Andrea Oliva It’s definitely no secret at all, that relationships between the European Union and the People’s Republic of China haven’t always been easy nor gone smoothly. China is [ … ]
China and Africa, a shared future ahead
Reading time: 3 minutes by Matteo Guarnieri China, the most populated country with 1.3 billion people and second-largest economy in the world with a GDP of $13.46 trillion in 2017. Africa, a continent of [ … ]
Questo mondo è piccolo | Southern China as perceived by a local
Reading time: 3 minutes from Marie-Claire Najjar. Sophie Wu can tackle quantitative finance with ease, but ask her about her hometown and that’s when you’ll really see her face light up. A third-year exchange [ … ]