Defying Allies, Italy Signs On to New Silk Road With China The move by Italy to join China’s “One Belt One Road” project crystallized shifting geopolitical balances and the populist Italian government’s willingness to break with its traditional partners. Share: Facebook Twitter Google+ Stumble Digg Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to Facebook Related Posts:Police to Auction Off an Inmate’s Designer SneakersTear Gas Still Lingering, France’s President to Address the NationLyudmila Alexeyeva, ‘Grandmother’ of Russia’s Human Rights Movement, Is Dead7 Israelis Wounded in West Bank Bus Stop ShootingBattered ISIS Keeps Grip on Last Piece of Territory for Over a YearUnderstanding the Collective Rage of France’s ‘Gilets Jaunes’