fall this year the 150th anniversary of the proclamation of the unification of Italy. An important step that allows us to reflect on what was truly the Renaissance and, while trying to help include on this occasion also the many foreign communities with their work, they grow in Italy. The Italian Risorgimento was not a phenomenon but "exclusive" of the Italians, but "inclusive" in the sense that he knew to be an example for those peoples who, as Mazzini said, "but had not yearned to become nations." Even the Chinese community living in Italy and thanks to his work, can strengthen the links between ancient Italy and China can not be excluded from the celebrations of the anniversary of the Unification of Italy. Even the Chinese community living in Italy and, thanks to his work, can strengthen the links between ancient Italy and China can not be excluded from the anniversary celebrations of the unification of Italy. We can not forget, in particular, the admiration Carlo Cattaneo, one of the fathers of the Italian Risorgimento, and of which this year marks the 210th anniversary of his birth, was for China. In fact, in 1860, the great statesman, argued that "a nation which in 150 years, he found a way to live, a land already populated by over a hundred million men, four hundred million more, without having usurped the value of a cent to the other nations of the earth, there can be no success without a huge job growth, capital and talent, and that they judge people by far one inert and decrepit, is a nonsense. ".
We can not forget also that the same Garibaldi, was in China in 1852 and another Garibaldi, Menotti, in 1906, Menotti moved to China, where he founded an important enterprise for the construction of railways. Receives assignments from the Chinese government to work hard, and many awards from China.
Even the thought of Mazzini was not unknown in Asia and China in particolare.Infatti, although he managed to reach the suomessaggio (indirectly) to the Asian populations of China, Korea and, Specifically, Japan's late nineteenth century religious and secular humanitarian Novecento.la beginning of the great Genoese, they found fertile ground in the Chinese culture and the ideas expressed in "The Duties of Man" goes well with the culture that still makes great China.
But this love of the Chinese towards the Italian national cause, and to the Risorgimento, seen as a liberation movement of peoples, never wavered and even in much later times, again, looked to China and there was talk of Garibaldi, Mazzini and Cavour as examples for the freedom of peoples. In 1903 the poet Liang Qi-chao, he wrote the epic poem "Three heroes for the foundation of Italy" where through the deeds Garibaldi, Mazzini and Cavour, presented itself to the Chinese public risorgimenale the epic, let us know the Chinese seguirene example and drive out the foreigner who had occupied parts of China.
Through these brief remarks on the relations between Italy and China in the years of the Risorgimento, we wanted to emphasize that it would be desirable to involve the Chinese community in celebration of the 17th March, inviting them to rediscover these ties that bind our two peoples. One way to rediscover the value of unity and integration among nations that is the basis of our Risorgimento
Dr Mark Barter
Lodi Association for the Study of the Risorgimento
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