Far from Okinawa Seashore: Oil, Weapons, Spies and Business across China and USA (Laterza Press) is the new book to understand Chinese policy towards USA and Africa.

The book was written jointly by two Italian experts: Alessandro Spaventa, economist and international law expert and Salvatore Monni, Development Economy Lecturer. Their approach starts from the analysis of China’s presence in Africa. This analysis shows the difference between European Colonialism and China approach towards Africa. Chinese government in Africa is building roads, telecommunication networks, railways, is bringing new medicines, is launching new satellites but no imposition are made over local governments.

The book is interesting and easy to read also by non expert readers and covers a wide range of topics: Chinese economy growth, the relations with USA, Chinese nuclear weapons, Taiwan issue and military espionage.

Interviewed by Red Tv, the authors reported of stories explaining why the Chinese competitor has only 300 millions-out of 13 billions of the total population-to enjoy the benefits of Chinese growth.

Chinese scientists are planning the possibility to land on the moon between the years 2025 and 2030.

China will be able to collect a sample through a lunar probe without crew by 2017, Ye Peijian, project manager for “Chang’E” Chinese Lunar Project, said.

The first Chinese lunar mission was in 2007. At that time Chang’e One, the Chinese lunar probe, transmitted images from the moon. The second launch was on the 1^st March 2009 and the first step of the mission was concluded with the lunar impact.

In 2010 Chang’e Two will be launched for a research program at 100 kilometers from the moon to prepare the

ground for the Chang’E Three moon landing. For the third step of the mission, a spaceship should come back with lunar samples by 2017.

Chinese Lunar project is very similar to Indian Lunar project. However, though India is backward compared to China, a great challenge is going to happen between the two Asian countries. 40 years ago a similar experience involved USA and URSS.

Thanks to public expenditure and bank credit increase Chinese economy growth has been +6% in the first quarter and +7.9% in the second quarter of 2009.

Beijing Government is quite confident that the new plans might help preventing the economy downturn. The 4 billions Yuan (413,000 million Euros) fund against the financial crisis already brought about the expected results.

In order to guarantee social stability and employment for all, China should have a constant yearly growth of 7-8%, the experts say.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) published a paper in July stating that the economies of the developing countries will resume before other countries in the second half of 2009. These countries will help other countries economies as happened already: in 2008 one third of the world economy growth was led by developing countries.

China is ready for the longest solar eclipse of the 21^st century. The eclipse will take place on the next 22 of July but the merchandising has already boomed all over China.

The eclipse will be visible from many areas in China along the Yangtze River, of course also from the cities of Wuhan, Suzhou and Shanghai where it will last longer. Shops and hotels are ready to welcome the flood of tourists and many flights are already over booked. T-shirts, souvenirs and many other eclipse gadgets are now on massive sales in all these areas. Shanghai Fengfeiyu fashion brand is one of these.

This eclipse belongs to the Saros Cyicle (No. 132), the same cycle which confirmed Einstein theory of Relativity. This same cycle will happen again in 2027. The eclipse will cross the sky in northern Africa and will be visible in Algeria and Tunisia on the 27^th August 2027.

China is today the world leading country in the automotive sector. FIAT is setting up a new joint-venture project in China with Guangzhou Automotive Company (GAIC) with a sales expectation of 140 thousand cars per year.

The agreement has been signed in Rome, at the presence of Silvio Berlusconi and President Hu Jintao, between Zhang Fangyou, GAIC president, and Sergio Marchionne, FIAT Group representative. The whole investment amounts to 400 millions Euros and the new factory will be ready in the 2011 at Changsha, the capital of Hunan province.

High technology equipments will be supplied to produce these new cars to comply with new Chinese standards: high performing vehicles and low emissions.

FIAT has now in China 3 representative offices, 14 companies totally owned by the main branch and 9 joint-venture totaling up to 13.000 employees.

Hu Jintao visited Italy to celebrate 40 years relationship between Italy and China. Many and important agreement have been signed between the two countries totaling up to 38 billions trade interchange, president Berlusconi said during the press conference with Hu Jintao. Berlusconi also expressed his approval towards Chinese economic policy saying it is coherent with an “opened and harmonic policy”.

Berlusconi also announced his intention to visit China during the Expo 2010. On the other hand China offered to cooperate during Milan Expo to strongly support the tourism sector.

China seems interested in Marche region’s shoes manufacture. Chinese businessmen and journalists have been invited to study the production and craftsmanship of shoes in this area.

This is part of “The China Project” scheduled by the Italian region of Marche and Foreign Trade Italian Institute, for the next three years from 2009 till 2011. Besides the exhibition of the excellent Marche cuisine, the first step of the project included also the first turn of invitations to visit shoes manufacturers in Casabianca di Fermo in Marche region. This shows that relations between China and Marche region are improving. China’s growth in the first quarter of 2009 has been 6%.

Sino-Italian Technological Platform opened a new telecommunication channel between Beijing, the Italian region of Campania and Zhejiang Province.

The portal is a strategic path to shorten the distance between Italy and China through new low cost technologies. Sino-Italian Sci-tech Exchange is the name of the new cooperation project promoted by the Italian region of Campania and managed by the City of the Science.

Wine export is still in its infancy. However, a smart commercial strategy might be useful to make it the business of the future.

Only the 8% of wine in China comes from Italy all the rest is French or Chinese wine. It is twenty years now that French liqueurs are well know in China. Wines coming from France are more famous thanks to their prestige and the 100 millions of Chinese wine-drinkers prefer French wine for the prestige it conveys.

However, Italian wine is not easy to find and it is linked to the luxury and high quality of Made in Italy products. This might be an advantage to export Italian wine in China as an elite and luxury product.

For a successful export of wine to China a company should have a qualified enologist to travel to China and promote the product. There is still a lot to do to market Italian wine in China.

A Chinese Publishing Institution delegation, GAPP- General Administration of Press and Publication- visited Italian Publishers Association in Milan for a meeting on new publishing technologies in Italy.

Cooperation initiatives already started during Beijing Books Fair joined also by Italy since 2006.

The meeting held in Milan was a follow up of the initiative discussed during Beijing Fair but has been also important for future cooperation plans.

Chinese publishing industry has the highest book sales amount in the world. 2007 has been closed with 13.7 billions Euros revenue: 5 billions in books sales and 875 thousand publications.