Cina Archivio
Covid was supposed to be China’s Chernobyl moment (the 1986 nuclear power plant accident that hastened the fall of the USSR), and now conversely it …
28 ottobre 2020/
/ Francesco Sisci
Cina – Santa Sede: l’accordo e l’armonia
Entro il 22 ottobre l’accordo Cina-Santa Sede per la nomina dei vescovi dovrebbe essere formalmente rinnovato. Accesamente discusso in questi ultimi mesi (cf. SettimanaNews: Ripartenza …
17 ottobre 2020/
/ Lorenzo Prezzi
China’s Dangers of Victory
China, which at the onset of the pandemic in February looked like it was on the verge of an abyss, bounced back. It seems to …
12 ottobre 2020/
/ Francesco Sisci
The Pope, Pompeo, and a new Vision of the World
The recent visit of the U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to the Holy See in Rome was considered an attempt to drag Pope Francis …
5 ottobre 2020/
/ Francesco Sisci
A Tale of Two Ruins
The Roman Forum was excavated and brought back to the surface in the 1930s by Mussolini, who dreamed of inspiring modern Italians with the feats …
1 ottobre 2020/
/ Francesco Sisci
A Tale of Two Politics and Two Logics
What is right about China? And then what is right in politics altogether? At the end of the day, this is at the heart of …
28 settembre 2020/
/ Francesco Sisci
Mike Pompeo: l’elefante nella cristalleria
Lo sgarbo e il dialogo: difficile comporre le osservazioni critiche del segretario di stato americano, Mike Pompeo, verso papa Francesco e la Santa Sede (First …
21 settembre 2020/
/ Lorenzo Prezzi
Accordo sino-vaticano: ripartenza più che celebrazione
Il cardinale segretario di stato, Pietro Parolin, ha confermato il prossimo rinnovo dell’accordo sino-vaticano sulla nomina dei vescovi del 2018 con queste parole: «La nostra …
18 settembre 2020/
/ Lorenzo Prezzi
The Sounds of a Chinese War
War sounds nearer for China while its contours remain rather foggy. Hu Xijin, editor of the Global Times, popular newspaper associated with the Communist Party …
16 settembre 2020/
/ Francesco Sisci
The Measures of Cold
The previous Cold War was easy. The issue was business or no business: the West and its front were pro-business. The USSR and its allies …
14 settembre 2020/
/ Francesco Sisci