A Venezuelan international relations expert, Gelfenstein was previously Director of the International Relations of the Presidency of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, his country’s ambassador to Nicaragua and an advisor for international politics for TELESUR. He has written numerous books, among them “China in the XXI Century – the awakening of a giant”, published in several Latin American countries. You can follow him on Twitter: @sergioro0701

Wuthering heights

The title of this article refers to an extraordinary novel written by Emily Brontë in the mid-19th century and which, on many occasions, has been adapted for film and television.

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Chile: Celebrations in half-light

I write this week from Chile where I attended an international seminar organized by the Municipality of Recoleta, the XXI Constituent Foundation and other organizations to commemorate the 50th anniversary

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80 years after the Battle of Kursk

It is true that the Battle of Stalingrad, which ended in February 1943, marked a turning point in the development of the Second World War because it was Germany’s first

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Presentation of my book in China

My speech at the presentation of the Chinese edition of my book “China in the 21st century. The Awakening of a Giant”, held in Beijing on July 31, 2023: Interestingly,

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Chronicle from Beijing

Last Thursday I had to get up very early. I was supposed to be at the Shanghai Hongqiao train station at 6:30 a.m. to travel to Beijing. A light breakfast

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China: A look from Shanghai

I am writing from Shanghai where I arrived last Sunday. The heat in the streets of this city of 24.7 million inhabitants is overwhelming. Shanghai is located in the eastern

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Nicaragua in my heart

Remembering Nicaragua on July 19 is every year a moral obligation for me. In Nicaragua I grew as a person, as a thinking human being and as a fighter for

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The inevitable de-dollarization (I)

In previous articles we have said that imperial power is based on three pillars: its great military apparatus, its undoubted superiority in terms of control of the global cultural-media apparatus

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