If Italy formally withdraws from the Belt and Road, it would be another blow to the prestige of Xi Jinping's signature foreign policy initiative. The ghosts of Chinese control or even ownership ...

Italy’s conservative government, led by Giorgia Meloni, faces a key decision: whether or not to renew Rome’s memorandum of understanding with China regarding the Belt and Road Initiative.

In 2019, Italy became the first major Western nation to join China’s Belt and Road, a global trade and infrastructure initiative modeled on the idea of the old Silk Road that had linked imperial ...

Milan, march 11 - The Italo-Chinese memorandum on the Belt and Road Initiative or 'new Silk Road' cannot lead to the colonisation of Italy, Deputy Premier and League leader Matteo Salvini said ...

Italy's trade deficit to China more than doubled. NHK World's Nakamura Genta says, "China tries to dismiss such concerns and hail the Belt and Road's first decade as a resounding success.

China Faces Another Setback in Its Global Project This is not the first time a country has pulled away from the Belt and Road Initiative. In late 2023, Italy became the first European country to ...

China’s massive Belt and Road initiative builds global infrastructure — and influence China’s Belt and Road Initiative is the most expensive infrastructure project in history. Chinese ...

Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative has not proved to be the ‘transformation game changer’ many in the region were hoping for, analysts say – as concerns grow about some projects ...