Matteo Ricci and the Cultural Revolution absent in ode to friendship between China and Italy

In an interview given to the Corriere della Sera, on the eve of his journey to Rome, Monaco and France, President Xi Jinping’s words are a true love song for Italy. Yet what is really amazing about this long ode to relations between our nation and the Middle Empire is his silence on Matteo Ricci and the Cultural Revolution.

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