Alberto Forchielli

China vs. everyone for the islands?

So many interests collide in the northern Pacific that it’s difficult to untangle the different governments’ conspiracies. …

China: reforming the logistics industry is among Beijing’s priorities

Just like electronics, logistics is simultaneously an independent industry and a service for others.  In fact, it…

China will need to reevaluate its current ideas of international politics as the simple sum of markets

China is amused by the apparent resurgence of nationalism in Europe.  It’s not complaining, it uses the…

China: the metamorphosis of “Made in China,” Beijing outsources textiles

Plagued by overproduction, China searches for the cure to its ailing textile sector in outsourcing.  It finds,…

China: the Marriage with Foreign Multinationals is in Crisis

Like all marriages of interest, the union between China and multinational corporations couldn’t last forever.  Reciprocal conveniences…

China: the pharmaceutical industry, light and dark in a key sector

It’s not only the power of statistics to drive the pharmaceutical industry toward China.  The most populous…

Order reigns in Beijing. So far. – Part III

Under the direction of Deng Xiao Ping since 1978, China underwent a formidable period of growth and development, which…

China: a 'Soft Landing' is a Helping Hand to Overdue Reforms

The preceding Chinese government proved able in denouncing economic risks without causing the country to explode in crisis.  On…

China: GDP slows to a more sustainable economic model

Is a slight flutter in the Chinese GDP—a 0.2% diminution—sufficient to cause a squall in the real and financial…

Chinese Illusions of a BIT with the USA

Pork has been an unlikely subject of intense debate in the media lately.  What could appear to be a…