“Italy has no interest to harm its relations with China up to this point. It will not slam the door and will do everything to negotiate a smooth way out that does not translate into a loss of face for Beijing and may actually open a more stable and manageable stage of the bilateral relations.”
Enrico Fardella (ChinaMed Project, T.wai & University of Naples L’Orientale) in the article “Italy wants to withdraw from China’s Belt and Road, but it won’t be easy” on the China Project.
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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.
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