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Le sfide dell’innovazione cinese

[IT] Quali traguardi e sfide in materia di tecnologia e innovazione attendono la Cina in questo nuovo decennio? Tra industria spaziale, spazi digitali, fintech, ricerca e filantropia, gli autori di questo numero mostrano come, per la Cina, il percorso verso uno sviluppo trainato dall’innovazione sia già ben avviato.

A Turbulent Silk Road: China’s Vulnerable Foreign Policy in the Middle East and North Africa

Andrea Ghiselli and Pippa Morgan are the authors of the article “A Turbulent Silk Road: China’s Vulnerable Foreign Policy in the Middle East and North Africa” for The China Quarterly.

Regionalismo e liberalizzazione commerciale nell’Asia-Pacifico: la Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership

[IT] È online il nuovo Approfondimento “Regionalismo e liberalizzazione commerciale nell’Asia-Pacifico: la Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership”, realizzato per l’Osservatorio di Politica Internazionale da T.wai.

Fleecy clouds: the future and the past of IPOs in mainland China

Mainland China’s capital markets are not entirely akin to their Western counterparts: the regulator of the two stock exchanges (the Chinese Securities Regulatory Commission, or CSRC) is directly affiliated with the government; the main players are state-owned enterprises (SOEs) rather than private corporations; and political and economic stability are prioritized over the liberalization of market forces. Recently, the connection between politics and financial markets has been under global scrutiny due to the blockage of the IPO of Ant Group, magnate Jack Ma’s fintech giant, by Chinese elites fearing an excessive risk of volatility.

Myanmar: the right place to be in the next decade?

If one takeaway of the Myanmar election of 2020 is the unquestioned adoration of the country for its icon Aung San Suu Kyi, another is surely the West’s poor understanding of this country, its ethos and its complex history. From August, while international journalists, consultants and political analysts were busy forecasting chaotic scenarios of a weakened NLD (the National League for Democracy, the party of Aung San Suu Kyi), and speculating about unlikely coalitions with ethnic and military-backed parties, a red river of NLD flags, T-shirts and stickers (including red face masks) was flooding every corner of Myanmar, with flocks of young supporters celebrating Suu Kyi’s success weeks before the election day.

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