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:Xi Jinping Pushes Legal Overhaul That Would Bolster State PowerPhilip Hammond Does a Quick U-Turn on U.K. Insurance PaymentsHackers Post Pro-Erdogan Messages in Attack on Twitter AccountsIn Denmark, Passage of Rules on Immigration Called for CakeGerman Police Raid Audi Offices, Escalating Volkswagen Diesel InquiryU.N. Officials Among 6 to Disappear in Democratic Republic of Congo