Jian Feng was carrying heavy red bricks and his hands were becoming weaker and sweatier. That was the sign that he should have now the long-awaited break and eat some noodles. The sun was already very high on the horizon and he regretted that he had not brought along his old straw hat…If only he could carry more and faster, the wall could be finished in his lifetime – he was hoping for that… What was giving him the strength to continue was the thought about his son Xiao Qiang and the strong sense of duty.

From Rome to Beijing there are 8075.26 kilometres.

China has a territory of 9 596 691km2 big, Italian land has an extension of 301.338km2.

Two countries apart two, so different their stile of life.

As I landed in Shanghai Pudong Airport for the first time, even after midnight, the heat and humidity astounded me and a sense of defeat immediately struck me. The friction of people’s bodies was astounding and violating, their breaths were exhausted and so were the exhaust pipes of swarms of identical taxis, even the streetlights seemed to scorch with heat, contributing to the clammy atmosphere.

-Grandpa,story,story…

With kindness,grandpa put a hand on my hand and said :

The crisis in Ukraine from March 2014 sparked a fire between the West and Russia that will smoulder long after its resolution. The conflict carries the potential for enormous repercussions – social, political, and economic – for both sides. With the outstripping growth of many Asian economies – China, South Korea, Singapore, inter alia – and the said crisis, the increasingly eastward focus of international economic relations gathered even more momentum.