On Monday, August 25, the Italian stock market (Piazza Affari) plumbed down roughly 6 percent following the rapid decrease of the Chinese stock market of about 8.5 percent. Despite its geographic distance, China is progressively closer to Europe. The fluctuation of the stock market is just one of the many phenomenons resulting from the increase of relationship intensity between the two regions.
Recently, on Aug. 5, CGIA (Associazione Artigiani Piccole Imprese) of Mestre published an annual report on the presence of Chinese investors and small businesses in Italy.