Chinese President Xi Jinping, in an editorial charm offensive published Wednesday in one of Italy’s leading newspapers, said Chinese youth love pizza and tiramisu. Italy appears set to break ranks with the rest of the G-7 by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to join China’s famous “Belt and Road” Initiative. That's a $6 trillion scheme to link East and West for the purpose of enhancing the flow of Chinese goods through international markets. And it has clearly angered Washington, which has called Belt and Road a “vanity project” amid an ongoing trade war with China. In his editorial, Xi also said, “Italian fashion and furnishings meet the taste of Chinese consumers.” That is an understatement.

Source: Fox News March 22, 2019 01:30 UTC