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In a visit to a "national revival" exhibition at the National Museum of China in 2012, Xi Jinping referred for the first time to the "Chinese Dream", a concept that has gone on to become central to his political campaigning, and is often invoked in conjunction with that of the "rejuventation" of China. According to the party's theoretical journal Qiushi, the Chinese Dream is about Chinese prosperity, collective effort, socialism, and national glory. Xi said that young people should "dare to dream, work assiduously to fulfill the dreams and contribute to the revitalization of the nation".
[Xi's] goal is a long-term one. He has pledged that by 2049, China will have achieved the “great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation”, a term that encapsulates both economic and territorial significance. Economically, it means that China will by then be a “fully-developed” country, surpassing the US to become the world’s leading economy. Territorially, it means reunifying with Taiwan, which split away from the mainland after the 1949 revolution.
Such goals are crucial to the Chinese Communist party’s self identity. But it is the way that Mr Xi’s administration is going about achieving them that is raising profound questions about both Beijing’s stewardship at home, and its future relations with western powers. -- Financial Times
Joining Professor Irene Caratelli, Director of AUR's International Relations & Global Politics program, for this seminar will be Zhang Jian (Professor, School of Government, Peking University) and Giovanni B. Andornino (Director, TOChina Hub, University of Torino, and Vice President, Torino World Affairs Institute).