MILAN – The Italian government has decided to extradite a Chinese man wanted by the US authorities on hacking charges that include stealing COVID-19 medical research, a person with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.The government’s decision, which was first reported by Bloomberg, follows a ruling by an Italian court earlier in April which said Xu Zewei could be extradited.A representative for Italy’s government declined to comment. Xu’s lawyer Enrico Giarda told Reuters that his client had not received any communications on the matter so far.Xu was arrested in Milan on July 3 at the request of the US…