The Chinese Dream - Challenges for China and the World

Abstract:
According to Xi Jinping, the Chinese dream is about the nation's great rejuvenation, which is about to come true after more than 170 years of tireless campaigning since the Opium Wars. In the new book “The Chinese Dream - Challenges for China and the world”, the former Swedish Ambassador to China, Börje Lunggren, analyses China’s current challenges when it comes to the rule of law, the internet and civil society, climate change and the global power shift. Based on first-hand experiences from the diplomatic relationship between Sweden and China, this lecture will give insights on how China can make the Chinese dream come true.

About the speaker:
Dr. Börje Ljunggren is former Swedish ambassador to China (2002-06) and to Vietnam (1994-97). Currently, ambassador Ljunggren is responsible for the coordination of the Stockholm China Forum (GMF) on behalf of the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and chairperson of the SEB Asia Council. Ambassador Ljunggren is a member of the board of Lund University, the Raoul Wallenberg Institute, the Stockholm China Economic Research Institute of the Stockholm School of Economics and the Cambodia Development Resource Institute. Ambassador Ljunggren holds a Ph. D. in political science and is an Associate of the Harvard University Asia Center. His publications include “The Challenge of Reform in Indochina” (HIID/Harvard University Press, 1993) and “Kina: vår tids drama” (“China: the Drama of Time”), second edition, October 2009. His book “Den kinesiska drömmen: utmaningar för Kina och världen” (The Chinese Dream: Challenges for China and the World) was published in March, 2015.

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