The Italian town of Prato is home to the largest concentration of Chinese residents in Europe. In this textile center, the Chinese have created a parallel, off-the-books economy — hiring illegal ...

A militant union is escalating an unusual wave of strikes in the city of Prato — Italy's so-called textile capital — where ...

Prato, an Italian textile center, is now home to about 3,000 businesses run by Chinese, stoking resentment. Skip to content Skip to site index.

The Italian town of Prato is home to the largest concentration of Chinese residents in Europe. In this textile center, the Chinese have created a parallel, off-the-books economy — hiring illegal ...

Prato's history in textiles stretches back centuries; it even has a museum devoted to textiles. But as Italian companies have struggled, the Chinese have prospered.

During the Renaissance, Prato was renowned for its wools and silks, and to this day, one of Prato's major industries is textiles. But this has grown to include things like alpaca and camel wools ...

(ANSA) - ROME, FEB 9 - Thousands of umbrella-toting residents and tourists braved the rain to mark the Chinese New Year in Prato Sunday, the Tuscan city with the highest percentage of Chinese ...

In Prato, a new textile sorting hub will be built next year. The aim is to double the number of fabrics collected and modernise the recycling sector. Sustainable production is good, ...

A Chinese couple allegedly tied to Chinese Triad gangs and a turf war over the lucrative textile industry were assassinated in Rome Monday night, Italian Carabinieri said in a statement.

Prato is not the first city that springs to mind when Tuscan travel plans are hatched. To say that it lives in the shadow of Florence, 20 minutes away by train, is something of an understatement.