Enter the Dragon - Inside Rome’s Chinese community
by Fang Yuxiang (staff) | Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
From the TRF archive, Fang Yuxiang goes into the heart of Roman Chinatown, revealing how the city’s ethnic Chinese have learned to adapt, even integrate at times, to the local way of life. First published in October 2006.
23-31 Oct: L’Altopiano delle Nevi - Tibetan & Chinese art
by Anthony Smith (staff) | Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
[ 23 October 2009 to 31 October 2009. 23 October 2009 to 31 October 2009. ] In the run-up to 2010, officially designated ‘China Year in Italy’, the famous Palazzo Venezia gallery is hosted this temporary show of Tibetan and Chinese art from the ‘Alto-piano’, the Tibetan High-Plateau.
Once a Shoe-In - Italy’s struggling footwear industry
by Corentin Wauters (staff) | Thursday, October 5th, 2006
Not so long ago, the footwear industry was a thriving sector of the Italian economy. Today, however, Italian shoes are no match for Chinese and Vietnamese competition, especially since January 2005, when trade in textiles and clothing was fully liberalised by the WTO.
