International Perspective and the Integration of Chinese Context: The Chinese Dream of Sixteen Scholars from Harvard

Author: He Jingying
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Publish Date: 2005-06-01
Features: The efforts they have made truly reflect the mission of the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University to promote the public interest through academic and leadership programs. I am immensely proud of their achievements and hope their efforts can advance the discussion of public policy in China.
David E. A. Wood, Dean, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
The authors have devoted great effort to liberating their own minds. They do not aspire to offer a final solution to China's development, but they hope to maximize the knowledge and insights gained at Harvard and share them with Chinese readers, helping more Chinese people achieve the goal of emancipating the mind proposed by Comrade Deng Xiaoping.
Ezra F. Vogel, Professor and Former Director, Fairbank Center for East Asian Research, Harvard University
A dream without barriers did not bring forth Tsinghua University, early Chinese railways, or the constitution of the early Republic of China. Without the dreams of Kang Youwei, Liang Qichao, Sun Yat-sen, Mao Zedong, and Deng Xiaoping, there would be no gestation and birth of the People's Republic, nor the modernization movement. Without the dreams of Li Dazhao, Chen Duxiu, Hu Shih, and Lu Xun, there would be no new Chinese literature. Without the dreams of Qian Xuesen, Qian Weichang, and Qian Sanqiang, there would be no strong science in China today. The new generation of modern China must dream of its modernization.
Ye Guohua, Former Special Advisor to the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Chairman of the Hong Kong Policy Research Institute
The authors of this book come from diverse backgrounds and ages, and the issues they address are vastly different, but their purpose is the same: at this noble academic of Harvard, they use different "telescopes" to explore the future of China; with the knowledge and methods they have learned, they analyze the various challenges in China's social development. We can appreciate the power of their rational analysis and feel their profound sense of historical responsibility.
Xue Lan, Executive Vice Dean, School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University
Driven by deepening economic reforms and globalization, China has long reached the "deep water," and it can no longer "feel its way along the rocks" as it did in the past 25 years. Raising the development stage to the "second 25-year reform" and adopting a "future-oriented" mindset to view China's future development can guide China toward a better path to face new challenges.
Chinese young scholars at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard have tried to use "telescopes" from different angles to explore the future of China. Through this book, we share our Chinese dreams and hope to inspire young scholars in mainland China to seek the future and development direction of China together, and to participate in and witness the process of the "second 25-year reform."
This book includes both idealistic or conceptual proposals and practical policy comments and suggestions. We persist in pursuing dreams while also being mindful of practical constraints; we aim for modernization and internationalization while also upholding China's core values; we maintain a national perspective while not forgetting the sentiments of regions (and special administrative regions); in diplomacy, we seek both immediate gains and long-term success.
This dual perspective is both a challenge to public management talent in the "second 25-year reform" and the key to fulfilling China's historical mission!