If the sharply contrasting views of students in Xian or Beijing and Hong Kong are any indication, Deng Xiaoping’s ideal formulation of “one country, two systems” has morphed into another reality: one country, two dreams.George Chen writes that President Xi Jinping’s “Chinese Dream” competes with other narratives in today’s China: the “get rich is glorious” story of Alibaba’s Jack Ma and the democratic aspirations of the Hong Kong students.
In a conversation with students after a lecture in Beijing, Amitai Etzioni detected a surprisingly aggressive patriotism, and even anti-Americanism, in college students he spoke with. WorldPost Senior Editor Kathleen …read more
Source: The Huffington Post
