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China Foreign Minister Meets Italian Colleague Amid Protest

By Thomas A. Smith

On August 25, the Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, met in Rome his Italian homologue, Luigi Di Maio. The meeting came after President Xi Jinping s visit to Italy, in March 2019, when on behalf of the Italian government Di Maio signed a Memorandum of Understanding, which sealed Italy s entrance into the Belt and Road Initiative. Many regarded the Memorandum as an act of political and cultural submission to China. The August 25 meeting did nothing to assuage their concerns.

via bitterwinter.org