Skills Today Means Sustainability Tomorrow
“Renato Cappucci has swapped the romantic town of Monza for a unit on the Carrs Industrial Estate in Haslingden….
The Soviet-ization Of China – Part 3 of 5
The framework of the Chinese economic model was industrialization in forced steps. Before building up Socialism, the country needed…
The Soviet-ization Of The Chinese Economy – Part 2 of 5
In the Soviet Union, the theoretical battle had been won by the “voluntarists” against the “determinists.” The former (led…
The Soviet-ization Of The Chinese Economy – Part 1 of 5
The China that beat the Japanese and the nationalists is unable to adopt a development model of its own….
A Tale of Obsolesence and Exclusivity
In spite of a mildly obsessive time during childhood in which I read tens, maybe hundreds, of spy novels,…
The Chinese Way.The stakes for the world’s largest Chinese-European private equity fund, Mandarin Capital Partners, are climbing higher the more the Eurozone plunges deeper into economic crisis. After purchasing companies in Italy, co-founder Alberto Forchielli is now turning his attention to Germany
Alberto Forchielli is to splash two-thirds of 1 billion euros, made available by Mandarin Capital Partners private equity fund,…
The Banality of Austerity
Day after day, people previously unknown enter my living room via television news and online newspapers, spelling out what…
China's Number One Company Hunter
The investment company Mandarin has bought companies in Italy with money from Bejing. Now it’s Germany’s turn. Alberto Forchielli loves…
Japan’s Crisis Of The 1990’s
The intention of this piece is to shed some light on the Japanese crisis of the early 1990s. The…
China’s Post-Hu Summer Getaway
Chinese communist leaders often hold their informal meetings in Beidaihe, a touristic community 180km from Beijing on the Bohai…