Chinese Developments from 2005 to 2015 – Same-Same But Different
Abstract:
Over the last ten years, China has witnessed an extraordinary economic development. In 2005, China was the world’s fourth largest economy. By 2015, it was the second largest. China’s economy grew four-fold from 2005 to 2014, the leadership changed from the staid and risk-averse government style of Hu Jintao to the brazen and confident style of Xi Jinping. Along the way, rapid economic development and political scene has deeply influenced China’s businesses, environment, internet, consumers’ behavior, culture and foreign policy. Has China changed for the better? And what can we expect in the years to come?
About the speaker:
Jes Randrup was one of Denmark’s longest serving China Correspondents, covering China, Taiwan and Hong Kong and the region for the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten between 2005 and 2015. He has written extensively on most aspects of business, economics, politics and society. Jes Randrup’s reporting included the 2008 ethnic riots in Tibet, the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, the Beijing Olympic Games, China's milk powder scandal, the internet business boom as well as interviews with politicians, business people, artists, academics, peasants and entrepreneurs. In 2008 Randrup published "Lykkespil - 10 beretninger fra en stormagt i bevægelse" (Games of Luck: Ten Tales from a Superpower on the Move), a book with 10 stories about individual Chinese successes and failures. Randrup is BA (Hons) in Social and Political Sciences and MPhil in Chinese Studies from University of Cambridge. Today, Jes Randrup is Head of Group Communications with Danish agricultural group DLG.
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