“If Italy does not renew the BRI, it will inevitably send a message of non-confidence towards China’s global initiatives, signalling a reversion of the upward trend of the pre-Covid years, when the BRI seemed unstoppable.”
Enrico Fardella (ChinaMed Project, T.wai & University of Naples L’Orientale) is interviewed in the article “China-bound Tajani to face balancing act on BRI” on Decode39.
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.
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