Cina Archivio
In 2013, as soon as Xi Jinping came to power, he tried to tackle the reform of the State- Owned-Enterprises (SOEs). Their inefficiency was dragging …
17 ottobre 2021/
/ Francesco Sisci
American Zhongguo
Different cultures see and represent reality differently. The West was keen on strict realism: reproduction of the naked anatomy of a body and of realistic …
11 ottobre 2021/
/ Francesco Sisci
China, the Party or Xi Jinping
On the eve of China’s October 1 National Day celebrations, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) expelled former vice-minister for public security Sun Lijun not for …
6 ottobre 2021/
/ Francesco Sisci
A Cultural Reflection on the Meng Wanzhou Case
Dodgy as the reasons for detaining Ms Meng may seem, I am not qualified to comment on the legal merits of the charges or to …
4 ottobre 2021/
/ Moss Roberts
Meng Wanzhou: Sparks of Chinese Light
There are potentially huge, positive implications in the resolution of the three-year stalemate between China and the United States over the detention in Canada of …
26 settembre 2021/
/ Francesco Sisci
A Second Punic-Communist War
Once upon a time, Rambo was the American hero; now it is The Mauritanian. The man who shoots his way through a jungle of Asian-looking …
15 settembre 2021/
/ Francesco Sisci
A liberal world with liberal China
China confronts many dramatic choices and contradictions in this crucial historical moment for the country and the world. Facing American failures in Afghanistan and the …
13 settembre 2021/
/ Francesco Sisci
Three Demands for Chinese Good Weather
Twelve years ago in autumn, the Year of the Ox according to the traditional Chinese horoscope and a year after the massive 2008 financial crisis, …
7 settembre 2021/
/ Francesco Sisci
Handling China and the changing paradigms of international politics
In his latest press conference, American President Joseph Biden, explaining the reasons for the withdrawal from Afghanistan, said that the U.S. had in 20 years …
27 agosto 2021/
/ Francesco Sisci
Afghanistan off, China on
On August 24, 2001, a little over two weeks before the 9/11 attack, some were already aware that Afghanistan was a geopolitical black hole in …
22 agosto 2021/
/ Francesco Sisci