Geopolitical take-away of the week, from UK, Italy and China

Geopolitical take-away and executive summary of the week:

“You may (pun unavoidable) have a concrete chance to break EU’s unity to your advantage, in any trade deal or other negotiations, if you are China. NOT UK dreaming a Brexit that is even unable to define for itself.”

The same, read backwards: “only something (at least) as big as EU, if united, can contrast China. Or Facebook, for that matter. To achieve what, is another story, of course…“

• Exhibit 1: “China is the big winner from Europe’s Brexit chaos”
• Exhibit 2: “Italy rolls out red carpet for China’s President Xi Jinping”