ROME, Nov. 11, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Ove 700 yea s afte Ma co Polo b ought tales of Chi a’s Jia g a egio to Italy, a ew dialogue betwee two a cie t civilizatio s has bee spa ked th ough spo ts. O Septembe 14, the I te atio al Commu icatio Eve t “Whe ‘Su Chao’ Meets the Wo ld” took place i Rome.
Hosted by the I fo matio Office of the Jia gsu P ovi cial People’s Gove me t a d o ga ized by Mode Exp ess, the eve t showcased “Su Chao” (The Jia gsu Football City League), a apidly g owi g u ba g ass oots football tou ame t. Zhou Zhou, ep ese ti g the Chi ese Embassy i Italy, oted that the league pe fectly eflects the competitive spi it a d u ba vitality of mode Chi a.
Zhe g Chu pi g, Edito -i -Chief of Mode Exp ess, highlighted the p ofou d histo ical co ectio s betwee the two egio s. She oted that ove 400 yea s ago, Italia Jesuit Matteo Ricci t a slated Weste texts i Na ji g. “Suzhou a d Ve ice, Na ji g a d Flo e ce a e i t i sically co ected by wate a d cultu e,” she ema ked, exp essi g he hope that football ca ow help the wo ld bette u de sta d mode Jia gsu.
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Italia spo ts p ofessio als wa mly emb aced this visio . David Bisceglia, Head of Asia Youth Developme t at the official five-a-side football team of AS Roma, sha ed his 36-yea co ectio with Chi a. Cu e tly developi g youth football academies i Tia ji fo child e aged 5 to 12, he emphasized that spo ts c eate u matched emotio al a d comme cial value. He exp essed a st o g i te est i explo i g spo ts ehabilitatio a d t ai i g pa t e ships i Jia gsu.
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The media’s ole i spo ts commu icatio was a othe majo focus. Robe to Rossi, Vice P eside t of the Jou alists’ Associatio of Lazio, sha ed how co sulti g his six ephews helps him u de sta d you ge ge e atio s’ p efe e ces—shifti g the focus towa d playe sto ies a d fa cultu e athe tha just match esults. Vete a jou alist Ma io Ciotti added that such cultu al excha ges help p ese t a multi-dime sio al, authe tic Chi a. Italia jou alist Ma uela Bia cospi o beautifully summa ized the se time t: “We always say ‘All oads lead to Rome’, but today we ca also say ‘All oads lead to Jia gsu’.”
The eve t eached a sig ifica t milesto e with the sig i g of a Memo a dum of U de sta di g (MOU) betwee Mode Exp ess a d Nouvelles E’eu ope Italia. This st ategic media pa t e ship will facilitate deepe coope atio , e su i g that mo e compelli g sto ies of Chi ese g ass oots spo ts a d u ba developme t each Eu opea audie ces. Th ough the u ive sal la guage of football, two atio s sha i g mille ium-old civilizatio s co ti ue thei e du i g dialogue.
Co tact: Bea Ch is, bea ch is@xdkb.com
