The book aims to communicate to readers in a clear, fluent, and well-documented fashion the new role that China plays in the geography of world power, evaluating its weight, influence, and impact on future developments. China's ambition and its vision of international affairs can be summed up in Beijing's desire to "build a community of common destiny for mankind". Behind this concept lies the desire to present itself as a peaceful nation, interested in a common global development in full compliance with the principles embraced by the United Nations — to be achieved through win-win relationships, capable of bringing mutual benefits to the actors engaged in international cooperation. China has experienced extraordinary growth in recent decades and intends to continue carving out the space it deserves in various international fora. According to the author, this does not necessarily represent a "threat" — as its Western detractors contend — given the People's Republic's intention to achieve its goals through mutual respect, spatial interconnection, and long-term productive investments. The book has been published in Italy by Meltemi and is in course of publication by the Chinese publisher New Star Press.
Fabio Massimo Parenti, PhD in Geopolitics, Geostrategy and Geoeconomics, is currently Foreign Associate Professor of International Political Economy at China Foreign Affairs University, Beijing. In Italy, he teaches at the Italian International Institute Lorenzo de' Medici (now in job expectation), Firenze (courses on Global Financial Markets, China's Development and Global Shift, Globalization and Social Change, and War and Media). He also taught in Mexico City, Monterrey, and Manchester, US, where he still has academic connections. He is a Member of EURISPES, Laboratorio BRICS, Member of the Scientific Committee at "Istituto Diplomatico Internazionale" (IDI), Roma, and Researcher at the Central China Economic Region Research Institute (CCERRI), Zhengzhou, Henan.
He also collaborates with national and international media.
Among his publications, his main books are: The Chinese Way. Challenge for a Shared Future, 2021 (Italian edition); Geofinance and Geopolitics, 2018, IT; Geofinance and Geopolitics, 2016, EN; Change in the World-system: For a Geography of China's Rise, 2009; The Spaces of Globalization: Financial Flows, Migrations and Technology Transfer, 2004. He has also published numerous articles in national scientific journals (e.g. Italian Geographical Review and Bulletin of the Italian Geographical Society) and international (e.g. Area Development and Policy, Human Geography and GeoJournal), he has contributed in collective volumes, voices for the Treccani and has hundreds of informative articles on various newspapers and online websites. His editorials and interviews have appeared on national and international TV, radio, newspapers, and websites (La7, CGTN, TRT World, GTs, etc.).
