There is a harsh protest coming from the editors of Sole 24 Ore, the main Italian economic newspaper, regarding the insertion of four pages dedicated to China and published on Sunday, December 4. The four pages edited by the advertising agency were dedicated to propagandizing the results, prospects and attractiveness of the Chinese economy. The contents were as clear and eloquent as the titles: “Gli importanti risultati dell’economia cinese nell’ultimo decennio” (The important results of the Chinese economy in the last decade), “La crescita di qualità della Cina” (China's quality growth), “Un salto storico dell’economia cinese nella nuova era” (A historic leap forward for the Chinese economy in the new era), “Cina e Ue rafforzano la sinergia nelle strategie di sviluppo” (China and the EU strengthen synergy in development strategies), “Il commercio estero cinese è stabile e va lontano” (Chinese foreign trade is stable and far away). In its protest message, the editorial committee (i.e. the internal journalists' union) writes that "acting as a sounding board for the messages of a State where political pluralism is null and void, freedom of expression and the right to criticism are never recognized, the right to the existence of minorities is denied, and that it is the author of an aggressive and imperialist foreign policy, is in our opinion more than inappropriate; it is dangerous. The requirements of the income demand cannot prevail over any other type of consideration".
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