Francesco Sisci, Author at Appia Institute

Director - Published posts: 289

About Francesco Sisci

Francesco Sisci, born in Taranto in 1960, is an Italian analyst and commentator on politics, with over 30 years of experience in China and Asia.

American Zhongguo

Francesco Sisci / Director - 1 October 2021

Different cultures see and represent reality differently. The West was keen on strict realism: reproduction of the naked anatomy of a body and of realistic visual perspective. China was more interested in representing the emptiness and symbolism of the mind. Different forms of representation entail different approaches to dealing with reality. Cultures of strategies, and […]

China’s debt and bureaucratic big trouble

Francesco Sisci / Director - 25 November 2019

A combination of economic and structural problems hounds China and weighs behind its issues with the world besides the ongoing trade controversy with the United States. All of this needs a comprehensive approach that so far, we have not seen in China or abroad. (The original article was published on November 25, 2019, with Settimana […]