Tariffs, will China fight to the end?
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano If Trump is playing poker with the global economy, China seems to have engaged in a Go challenge.&...
Ecomondo China: a litmus test for relations between Rome and Beijing
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano From Chengdu - The 19th edition of Ecomondo China CDEPE, the Italian Exhibition Group’s flag...
China counters Trump’s tariffs with economic cooperation
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano If Trump imposes tariffs, China will shake hands and make deals. Without much fanfare but swiftly,...
China, Two Sessions: deficit increases, but the government focuses on AI and clean tech
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Widely anticipated, awaited, discussed, and analysed, the 2025 Two Sessions (Lianghui) were formal...
What will be the consequences of Trump's tariffs? Interview with Lucia Tajoli
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in Italiano In the last few days, the new President of the United States, Donald Trump, has announced th...
China in 2025: What to Watch
While the year marking the transition to the second quarter of the century carries symbolic weight for many, for China, 2025 stands as a critical moment of assessment and trial by fire. The tariff w...
COP29: with Trump's return, will China be the new climate hero?
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano COP29 in Baku opened against the backdrop of Donald Trump’s re-election. While the announcem...
The return of Trump, how does China feel about it?
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano While Donald Trump's victory has been all too clear and straightforward, and even the reasons for ...
Sponge cities: are they really working? Interview with Professor Kongjian Yu
This article is part of our thematic channel The Water Observer. Click here to subscribe to our newsletter and receive exclusive contents from the world of water The concept of sponge cities, ...
China adjusts climate targets to accelerate decarbonisation
China, the country with the biggest impact on climate, is changing the way it sets its climate targets. Beijing will gradually shift from an energy consumption reduction system that penalises renewa...
Electric cars, Europe reacts to Chinese subsidies with tariffs
More than nine months have passed since the investigation into China's subsidised electric car batteries, a month since Europe imposed provisional tariffs on Chinese carmakers, and weeks since offic...
China, Third Plenum: Xi promises modernization by 2029, but glosses over domestic crisis
“Further deepening the broad effort on reforms and promoting Chinese-style modernization.” All by 2029, the year in which the People's Republic will celebrate its 80th anniversary. This ...
Wang Yao: This is How China Finances Biodiversity
China is one of the most biodiverse countries in the world. Its 960 million hectares of land include mountain ranges (such as the Himalayas) and plateaus, vast deserts and immense grasslands, boreal...
China: the year of the Dragon is the year of new productive forces
Now that the New Year festivities are over, all attention in China has shifted to the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, where from March 4 to 11 the so-called Two Sessions (Liang Hui), the P...