Alberto Forchielli

The “lame duck” and the Peking duck

Today, the map of the world isn’t as reassuring as it was a generation ago.  Threats of…

Alberto Forchielli: China is investing in Italy to break the alliance between Europe and the US

Alberto Forchielli interviewed by Michele Arnese and Michele Pierri and published on Formiche.net  Eni, Enel,…

China’s hydro-supremacy

China accounts for 20% of the world’s population, but only 6% of its water.  This imbalance—combined with…

For a handful of islands

China has broken every economic record, but it is losing the image game.  No country can do…

Renminbi clearing: technical problems, political delays

Far from the emotions that frequently strike the general public, one piece of news caused alarm—or created…

Reflecting on the future of the global economy

The new revolution currently underway is based on innovation.  Its center is in the United States, in…

Playing chess in Northern Asia

“Any attempt by China and South Korea to coordinate in picking apart past history unnecessarily and making…

Beijing’s selective antitrust

China has sunk dreams of a merger merger proposed by the three largest shipping companies.  Antitrust laws…

The razor’s blade of China’s urbanization

Another record, a simple numerical statistic, allows us to reflect on China’s biggest problems.  The Bureau of…

The pipeline between China and Russia transports mainly interests

Russia’s national emblem is once again the double-headed eagle, which was used until the Romanov’s tsarist dynasty. …