Cina

Many readers have heard of China’s northwesternmost region of Xinjiang for the first time through the governmental documents leaked by The New York Times and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalism last spring. Since then, people around the world have come to know of China’s Muslim minorities and their difficult co-existence with the Han majority. Ethnic grievances have shaped life in Xinjiang for decades.

Ben oltre i fattori congiunturali – crisi economica globale, guerre commerciali, rallentamento del tasso di crescita, eccessivo indebitamento delle imprese, calo degli investimenti profittevoli – a determinare la riduzione duratura del tasso di crescita potenziale cinese sarà il fattore demografico.

China and Ethiopia diplomatic relationship was established in 1970 because it was mutually beneficial. China needed Ethiopia, and other African nations, at the UN and Ethiopia, which was ruled by Emperor Haile Selassie I, was a diplomatic leader towards African independence, and could no longer ignore the most populous third world nation involved in solidarity and material support in the anti-colonial struggle movements.

In tempi di guerre commerciali e di confronto sistemico USA-Cina, tra gli analisti è ormai aperto il dibattito su una possibile nuova Guerra Fredda. Una Cold War 2.0 innescata dall’America di Trump per contenere la prepotente ascesa politica e tecnologica della Cina di Xi Jinping. Ben diverso, certo, il contesto odierno rispetto al confronto con l’Unione Sovietica, gigante politico dai piedi d’argilla non integrato nell’economia mondiale.

When we trace China’s efforts in international standard-setting over the past decade, two interesting patterns emerge