Assessing the impact of China on global governance in the age of power diffusion

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Assessing the impact of China on global governance in the age of power diffusion

Building legitimacy? The role of Chinese contract workers in foreign regimes’ political strategies

Andrea Ghiselli
Global China Research & Policy Papers

This article hypothesizes that differences in the strategies adopted by governments in democratic and non-democratic countries to boost performance-based legitimacy claims make the latter more willing to allow Chinese companies to bring Chinese workers.

Oct 25, 2022

Treccani – 20 ottobre 2022

Global China In the media

[IT] L’articolo "La Cina e il Sud globale: un destino comune?", pubblicato da Treccani, e tratto dalla lezione di Chris Alden (London School of Economics and Political Science) alla TOChina Summer School 2022.

Oct 20, 2022

Formiche – 19 ottobre 2022

Enrico Fardella
Global China In the media

[IT] Un intervento tratto dalla conferenza “Worse than the Cold War? Euro-Mediterranean Perspectives on Sino-American Rivalry”, tenuta presso la John Cabot University e realizzata in partnership con il progetto ChinaMed di T.wai, è riportato nell'articolo "La competizione tra Usa e Cina potrebbe essere peggio della Guerra Fredda" su Formiche.

Oct 19, 2022

Radio Radicale – 17 October 2022

Enrico Fardella
Global China In the media

Enrico Fardella (ChinaMed Project, T.wai & John Cabot University) chaired the first panel at the JCU conference "Worse than the Cold War? Euro-Mediterranean Perspectives on Sino-American Rivalry", which can be freely accessed on the website of Radio Radicale.

Oct 17, 2022

Formiche – 17 ottobre 2022

Enrico Fardella
Global China In the media

[IT] L'intervento di Enrico Fardella (T.wai & John Cabot University) in occasione del live-talk "Il Congresso oltre la cronaca. Lo sguardo sulla Cina alla presentazione della rivista Formiche".

Oct 17, 2022

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    • Andrea Ghiselli

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      5 August 2025

      “China’s influence likely grows when regional dynamics are favorable to it and there are opportunities to act that do not put too much stress on its policy-making system. The corollary of this, however, is that its fortunes can quickly reverse when the facts on the ground change, and Beijing is left waiting and hoping that the damage will not be too great.”

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Edoardo Agamennone
Research Fellow
Edoardo Agamennone is a Research Fellow at T.wai and Academic Director of the China Management & Business Program developed by the TOChina Hub, an integrated academic platform of the University of Turin, T.wai and ESCP Business School.
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Giovanni B. Andornino is the President of the Torino World Affairs Institute and Head of its Global China Program. He is an Assistant Professor of International Relations of East Asia at the University of Torino and the Secretary General of the China-Italy Philanthropy Forum.
Martina Blotto
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Martina Blotto is Strategic Development Officer at T.wai.
Daniele Brombal
Research Fellow
Daniele Brombal is a Research Fellow at T.wai and an Assistant Professor of Chinese language and society at Ca' Foscari University Venice.

Leonardo Bruni
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Gianluca Centraco
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Carlotta Clivio
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Simone Dossi
Research Fellow
Simone Dossi is a Research Fellow at T.wai and an Assistant Professor of International Relations of East Asia at the University of Milan.
Enrico Fardella
Head of Project
Enrico Fardella is Director of the ChinaMed Project developed by the TOChina Hub, an integrated academic platform of the University of Turin, T.wai and ESCP Business School. He is Associate Professor at the University of Naples “L'Orientale” and Visiting Scholar at John Cabot University.
Silvia Frosina
Junior Research Fellow
Silvia Frosina is Junior Research Fellow at T.wai and PhD Candidate at the Faculty of Social and Political Science of the Scuola Normale Superiore.
Andrea Ghiselli
Research Fellow
Andrea Ghiselli is a non-resident Research Fellow at T.wai and a Lecturer in International Politics at the University of Exeter.
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