Marco Polo of the New Era, in both Chinese and English, is a series consisting of six narrative books by foreign friends who have lived and worked in China all along time. By describing their experience in China and their cognition and feelings about China, the bilingual series promotes the exchanges, mutual learning between and coexistence of civilizations, drives mutual understanding, mutual respect and mutual trust between people from all countries, and shows the new inheritance of modern and contemporary Silk Road spirit.
China in the Eyes of an Italian Journalist is an autobiographical work by Adriano Màdaro. It describes the “Chinese Adventure” he sought as a child, the “Chinese Dream” that sprouted in his youth, and the legendary experience of his coming to China 216 times since 1976. He was one of the first Western journalists to visit China on the eve of reform and opening-up. He was called a “modern Marco Polo.” He took more than 35,000 color photos all over China, which recorded the social life and development in the early stage of reform and opening-up. He planned and organized a series of cultural activities to promote exchanges between the East and the West, and published many books on China.
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter I 1942–1952 A little boy’s Chinese Dream
Chapter II 1952–1962 The first spiritual approach to China
Chapter III 1962–1972 The frontline practice in journalism
Chapter IV 1972–1982 The first travel to China
Chapter V 1982–1992 Shuttle between the East and the West
Chapter VI 1992–2002 Inside the diplomatic pouch: Beijing in 1900
Chapter VII 2002–2012 Exhibitions on Silk Road and Chinese civilization
Chapter VIII 2012–2021 Introducing a true China to the world
Postscript: Walking along with the “modern Marco Polo”
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Marco Polo of the New Era: China in the Eyes of an Italian Journalist
