Forchielli on Hong Kong’s barricades
An Italian was among the Chinese students of Occupy Central. Sure, it’s not the most tranquil spot in the…
Alberto Forchielli Interviewed by Rai News 24 (2014-10-03)
How do you think gesture of opening a dialogue with the HK protesters will be interpreted?
Hong Kong, Occupy’s peaceful attack on authority
The protests could probably be appeased by less arrogant policies that concede something. The facts in…
Numbers, grades, and exams in Beijing
It’s not important whether the cat is black or white, as long as it catches…
Alberto Forchielli: never fight people beneath you, always fight those above you
He is the founder of Mandarin Capital Partners, a private equity fund that creates connections between medium-sized European businesses…
China: Harbin’s Tribute to Anti-Japanese Hero Hints at Tensions
The morning of October 26th, 1909, Ito Hirabumi was returning to the train station in Harbin, the…
Cosmetics take flight in China despite bound feet
“In general, when men come across something they’re not used to seeing, there’s no shortage of deeming…
WAR!
2014 is about to start; the centenary of the ‘great war’ is approaching. We have become accustomed…
Integration in China
While China’s presence is so cumbersome, its emigration to the west has been analogously silent. The country…
Sixty years' after someone has saved the soldier Harry
On the hills of Imola in Monte Battaglia in the municipality of Casola Valsenio two amateur historians…