China–Italy relations
{'<entity_0>': 'China–Italy relations', '<entity_1>': "People's Republic of China", '<entity_2>': 'Italy'}
[['China–Italy relations', 'country', "People's Republic of China"], ['China–Italy relations', 'country', 'Italy']]
<entity_0> date back to Imperial <entity_1> and Ancient Rome but the ties between <entity_2> and modern <entity_1> only formally began on 6 November 1970. News of <entity_2>'s recognition of the <entity_1> and consequent breaking of formal relations with the Republic of <entity_1> (Taiwan) spurred other European countries such as Austria and Belgium to consider similar moves. To this day, <entity_1> and <entity_2> participate in high-level political exchanges. Hongdu Aviation, one of <entity_1>'s major aircraft manufacturers, was first established as Sino-Italian National Aircraft Works (SINAW) in 1934, as a joint venture between the Republic of <entity_1> and the Kingdom of <entity_2>. On 13 March 2020, <entity_1> sent medical supplies, including masks and respirators to <entity_2>, together with a team of Chinese medical staff to help <entity_2> fight the COVID-19 pandemic in <entity_2>. However, in April 2020, it was reported that the PPE kits sold by <entity_1> to <entity_2> were the same that <entity_2> had earlier donated to <entity_1> during the initial spread of the Coronavirus in <entity_1>. In March 2019, <entity_2>'s parliamentary Comitato parlamentare per la sicurezza della Repubblica (COPASIR), the body of the Italian Parliament to oversee the Italian intelligence agencies raised concerns that <entity_2> joining the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) project could present security risks for <entity_2> given that infrastructure, telecoms, finance were all in the BRI agreement package to be signed with <entity_1>. In October 2020, in signs of <entity_2> toughening its stance with respect to communications and network security, the Italian government vetoed a 5G deal between Italian telecom firm Fastweb and <entity_1>'s Huawei. The Embassy of <entity_1> is located in Rome, <entity_2>. The Embassy of <entity_2> is located in Beijing, <entity_1>.
['bilateral relation']