ASERIncontra 07 March 2022
China: prospects for a country in transformation
ASERI is pleased to present the volume
China: prospects for a country in transformation
by Giovanni Andornino
And. The Mill
Monday 7 March 2022, 6.30 pm
in ASERI (Via San Vittore 18) and ONLINE
Introduces:
Prof. Vittorio Emanuele PARSI, Director of ASERI
Speakers:
Prof. Giovanni ANDORNINO, Researcher, University of Turin
Prof. Serena GIUSTI, Adjunct Professor, Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa
China is transforming the dynamics of global politics more than any other country in the world, yet we know little about it. Often the subject of stereotyped readings and almost absent from school curricula, the People's Republic of China aspires to a leading role in the twenty-first century. The United States and the European Union define it as a partner in some areas of common and competing interest in the economic field, but also as a systemic rival as a promoter of an alternative model of state and society to the liberal and democratic one. But what characterizes this model? And what is Beijing's ability to project it towards the rest of the world? A century after the founding of the Chinese Communist Party, this volume outlines the new political and socio-economic physiognomy of China in what its leader, Xi Jinping, calls the "new era". Understanding its implications is crucial, also for Italy, to set up effective and sustainable relations.
Giovanni B. Andornino is a researcher and lecturer in East Asian International Relations at the Department of Cultures, Politics and Society of the University of Turin. He is Vice President of the Torino World Affairs Institute and directs the scientific journal OrizzonteCina. His research fields include: political institutions and foreign policy of China, relations between China and the Euro-Mediterranean region, philanthropy in China. He is currently a visiting research fellow at the European Institute for Chinese Studies in Paris.