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

South China Morning Post – 19 December 2019

Andrea Ghiselli
Global China In the media

Andrea Ghiselli (T.wai & Fudan University) comments Chinese investment in Syria in the article "Syria plans to do sanction-busting business with China, but will Beijing play along?".

Dec 20, 2019

Il Caffè Geopolitico – 18 dicembre 2019

Giuseppe Gabusi
Global China In the media

[IT] Giuseppe Gabusi (T.wai & Università di Torino) intervistato da Il Caffè Geopolitico sulle relazioni tra Cina e Stati Uniti d'America.

Dec 19, 2019

Rassegna stampa – ChinaMed Symposium 2019

Enrico Fardella
Global China In the media

How does China’s growing global role affect the current dynamics of the Mediterranean region? Scholars and experts from China and a number of Mediterranean countries gathered in Rome on October 28, 2019 for the ChinaMed Symposium 2019 to discuss this issue and present the ChinaMed Report 2019 - China’s New Role in…

Oct 31, 2019

China’s New Role in the Wider Mediterranean Region

Global China Research & Policy Papers

‍How does China’s growing global role affect the current dynamics of the Mediterranean region? This report aims to answer this question by exploring the most recent trends in the relations between China and the countries in the greater Mediterranean region.

Oct 28, 2019

2019: ricostruire il passato, plasmare l’identità

Global China OrizzonteCina

[IT] È difficile non rimanere colpiti da come, a settant'anni dalla fondazione della Repubblica popolare cinese, il 2019 sia iniziato con un particolare monito rivolto da Xi Jinping ai massimi funzionari del Partito-Stato cinese convocati presso la Scuola centrale del Partito di Pechino: che gli anniversari degli eventi che cadono…

Oct 1, 2019

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