The red dragon is threatening the Italian textile sector. China is an immense market with some peculiarities that make it a difficult competitor. What some see as a business opportunity, others perceive as a threat. What is certain is that the volume of Chinese production has the power to destabilize the markets that it enters. Who is loosing and who is winning in the global economy? From a small factory in Northern Italy to the incredible performances of the Zhejiang factory, all the success and defeats, the new rich and the new poor, commercial challenge and the everyday life of the workers and businessmen in both countries.