Caruso (Unipace): “Discussion on China cornerstone in disinformation discourse”

“The discussion on China represents the cornerstone of the discourse on information and disinformation. Today we have not been able to enter into the merits of everything that China has done, has not done or could have done. But what I see is that everything this has triggered such disinformation that it has also raised the level of international political conflict “. This is what was declared by Professor Daniela Caruso, University Professor of History, University of Peace, during the Conference “Effects of disinformation, from conflicts to everyday life”, organized by the International University for Peace in Rome, in partnership with the Web Press Media Reporter Association, which was held today at the headquarters of Adnkronos Rome in Piazza Mastai, 9. “We are heading – he underlines – towards a new cold war and the pandemic was the weapon through which the tenor of the discussion was raised I think that there is no need to go back to the climate of the 1950s and to McCarthyism that led us to nothing as history teaches. We are in a globalized and multipolar world and we must dialogue, dialogue with everyone, to a greater extent. reason in this delicate moment in which the pandemic represents a tragedy for everyone, for the whole world and does not concern a single population “. “I invite the institutions and politics to lower their tones against China. We are moving – he remembers – towards a situation that will not do anyone any good. I remember that 2022 is the year of Italy-China culture and I really hope that institutions, want to take this opportunity quickly so that Italy becomes a promoter of peace and mediation “. “After all – he observes – the role of Italy, both geographically and culturally, has always been of mediation. We have 50 years of relaxed and peaceful relations with China. This whole situation is ruining our relations and is producing new polarizations that I really don’t hope “.