On March 21st, Xi Jinping landed in Rome together with his wife, Peng Liyuan. Italy was the first stopover of a European tour which also included Monaco and France, where Xi met with Emmanuel Macron, Angela Merkel and Jean-Claude Juncker. This was the first visit by a Chinese president to Read more…
An unexpected and surprising news came out last week about Italy’s participation in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Michele Geraci, undersecretary in the economic development ministry, told the Financial Times that Italian government is planning to sign a MOU (memorandum of understanding) to formally endorse the big Chinese project. Read more…
In the last two decades many technology startups were created and according to statistics, less than the 10% succeeded. A success story is Xiaomi, a company founded in 2010 in China which in less than 10 years has become a hi-tech giant with a revenue of over 20 billion dollars. Read more…
Have you ever imagined to go shopping without bringing any money or cards? This is actually the lifestyle of hundred of thousands of Chinese people, since in the last years, they are able to pay mainly through an application on the phone. The most common one is the powerful Alipay, Read more…