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Regarding the exhibition China isn´t as it seems
Simon Levy-Dabbah presents his book about the Nau of China
February 16, 2017China's colonialism is not new, its mentality either. Academics, entrepreneurs, the political class, the public sector, everyone has tried to write a truth of China. Indeed China isn’t as it seems, Chinese law specialist Simon Levy-Dabbah said.
In the framework of the exhibition China isn’t as it seems. Masterpieces of the National Museum of Art of China, the talk NeoNao, the Nao of China in the 21st century (taken from the book NeoNao 2012) was held in the Old School of San Ildefonso.
Simón Levy-Dabbah presented his publication, accompanied by Edgardo Bermejo, former cultural attaché of the Mexican Embassy in the People's Republic of China, and Enrique Dussel Peters, an economics specialist.
The volume tells the story of Miguel de Loarca through five letters. A Spanish soldier who, under the orders of King Felipe II, moved to New Spain to be part of the conquest of the Philippines and the longed-for Pacific route between Asia and America.
Although these events happened during and after 1561, Loarca's letters went beyond its time and came to the hands of a young Mexican of the XXI century, who seeks to reconquer the understanding and importance of the Nau of China today.
The author of the book explained that China has been intimately related to Mexico’s history, and that the intention of the publication is to show the impact that New Spain achieved.
"I dared to describe feelings, emotions, and graphically reproduce what the situation of going into the unknown meant. It seems to me that there are so many similarities from that time to the present”, Simon Levy-Dabbah said.
"Medieval geopolitics is more contemporary every day. The dialectic with which decisions were made at that time is in force... The commercial logic of building a power of the royal fifth is the logic today of strengthening the yuan. The logic of conquering the entire archipelago of the Philippines, is the same logic that China has today with imperialism to stop the TPP”, he said.
Levy-Dabbah added that he tried to describe in NeoNao the work done by previous generations, which is still in force.
Edgardo Bermejo indicated that Simon Levy-Dabbah has made the effort to orient the Mexican compass that insists to look to the north.
"Simon Levy-Dabbah toured an unexplored territory in NeoNao. The book is a statement of principles, the memorable and highly emotional inventory of a young Mexican professional”.
"We hope this novel has the power of clairvoyance and the word NeoNao anticipates a century in which Mexico, the Philippines, and China reinvent the Pacific Ocean space for a new and renewed civilised one”, Edgardo Bermejo said.
Meanwhile, Eduardo Dussel said that the book is a deep and interesting document, which presents a detailed historical work with dates, places, customs, description of food and details, transporting the reader to the second half of the sixteenth century.
Promoted by the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Mexico and the National Museum of Art of China, as part of the celebrations of the China-Latin America and the Caribbean Cultural Exchange Year, the exhibition China isn’t as it seems. Masterpieces from the National Museum of Art of China will end on February 19th.
The Old School of San Ildefonso is located in Justo Sierra no. 16, Historical Center. Hours: Wednesday to Sunday from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. $ 50, $ 25, students and teachers with valid ID.
Mexico,Distrito Federal
