“The rise of China is often framed both as a cause and an effect of the West’s decline and the Middle East is the region where this perception manifests most evidently”.
Enrico Fardella (ChinaMed, T.wai & University of Naples “L’Orientale”) and Andrea Ghiselli (T.wai & Fudan University) are interviewed in the podcast “How Persian Gulf Countries Are Responding to the U.S.-China Rivalry” from the China Global South Project.
Head of Project
Prof. Enrico Fardella is Associate Professor of International History and Area Studies at the Department of Social and Human Sciences of the University of Naples "L’Orientale". He is Director of T.wai's ChinaMed Project.
“China’s economic model is structurally dependent on weak domestic consumption and large manufacturing surpluses, generating an intrinsic dependence on external demand. The problem with... Read More

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