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

Fine di un’era? Traguardi e prospettive dopo quarant’anni di riforme e apertura

Global China OrizzonteCina

[IT] Dicembre 1978: a due anni dalla morte di Mao, l'11° Comitato centrale del Partito comunista cinese nella sua terza sessione plenaria conferma l'inizio di una nuova fase di riforme e apertura al mondo. Deng Xiaoping, artefice del nuovo indirizzo politico pur non rivestendo le cariche apicali, incita i dirigenti…

Feb 4, 2019

Corriere del Ticino – 11 gennaio 2019

Giovanni B. Andornino
Global China In the media

[IT] “Quella commerciale è solo una delle dimensioni della competizione Stati Uniti – Cina", Osvaldo Migotto (Formiche) intervista Giovanni Andornino (Università degli Studi di Torino) per il Corriere del Ticino. 

Jan 14, 2019

Cina, Balcani ed Europa centro-orientale: prospettive regionali

Global China OrizzonteCina

[IT] Investimenti audaci, opportunità commerciali, infrastrutture e connettività: mentre Pechino offre ai paesi dell’Europa centro-orientale i riflessi del "sogno della Cina", l'Unione Europea soffre l'emorragia di autorevolezza causata da involuzione inter-governativa, Brexit e cronico affaticamento post-allargamento. Le istituzioni comunitarie e le cancellerie nazionali sono così chiamate a integrare la notevole…

Nov 19, 2018

Il futuro dell’Esercito popolare di liberazione

Global China OrizzonteCina

[IT] Chiamato a confrontarsi con un mutato indirizzo politico riguardo all’impiego dello strumento militare, l’Esercito popolare di liberazione (Epl) sta attraversando una fase di profonda trasformazione. Dai dibattiti sulle sue nuove funzioni emerge la dialettica tra le istanze della dirigenza civile e le ambizioni degli alti comandi, mentre le nuove…

Nov 5, 2018
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Education fever in China: the significance of cultural capital for ideas of class and status

Arianna Ponzini
Global China T.notes

Education is paramount for Chinese middle-class families. However, education is only one aspect of cultural capital, which consists of a wider set of social assets, promotes social mobility in a stratified society, and confers social status and power.

Oct 26, 2018

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