Italy-China to host "Alphabet and Technology" in Shanghai

(AGI) Beijing, Oct 23 - "Alphabet and Technology: A dailymeeting between the East and the West" is the title of aconference to be held on Oct. 27 in Shanghai. This event hasbeen organised by the Italian Consulate General in the Chinesecity, in cooperation with the Italian Cultural Institute, theLatinitas Sinica Institute, the Centre for Latin Language andCulture, the BFSU and the district of Xuhui. The conferencewill deal with the theme "Alphabet and Technology: The dailymeeting between East and West" and will cover culturalcooperation between China and Europe from their beginnings,starting with the exchange between Matteo Ricci, the explorerand Jesuit missionary, who lived for more than 20 years inChina between the 16th and 17th centuries, and Xu Guangqi, apioneer in intercultural dialogue between Europe and China wholived between 1562 and 1633, and who translated Confucius intoLatin and Euclid into Chinese. (AGI). .