SEEN FROM ABROAD: SINO-ROMANIAN RELATIONS FROM 1949 TO 1989 IN THE ITALIAN PRESS
SEEN FROM ABROAD: SINO-ROMANIAN RELATIONS FROM 1949 TO 1989 IN THE ITALIAN PRESS

Summary/Abstract: This work on Sino-Romanian relations from 1949 to 1989 seen by Italian press born as spin-off of my Ph. D. research about the evolution of lies between Romania and East Asian countries. First aim of this article is to understand if Italian press was aware of the ties between Bucharest and Beijing and how much strict were that ties. Actually, Italian press monitored the evolution of Sino-Romanian relations mainly on the circumstances of State visits accomplished by the leaders of the two countries. Examples of these State visits are that of Chinese Prime Minister Zhou Enlai in Bucharest on June 1966 and that accomplished by Nicolae Ceausescu in China on June 1971. Articles written by Italian journalists are based on news from Romanian and Chinese newspapers, on news from international press agencies and on official statements and communiqués. We can find also some report and analysis, signed by special correspondents as Massimo Conti and Sergio Mugnai. For this work, I’ve utilized the following newspapers:
Corriere della Sera, the main newspaper of Italy.
La Stampa, printed in Turin, owned by Agnelli’s industrial family.
L’Unità, mouthpiece of the Italian Communist Party.

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