The PRC at 67 – Getting Old or Just Getting Started?

Sixty-seven years ago, on October 1, 1949, Chairman Mao Zedong stood above Tiananmen Square and proclaimed the establishment of the People’s Republic of China. Heading into its seventh decade, the PRC has traveled a turbulent road to the present; local wars, famine, earthquake, political strife, progress, pollution and finally Reform and Opening Up. And now China is the world’s #2 economy and a super power. Its science and technology are first rate, and it has an ambitious and credible space program. The Communist Party remains in power, and its president, Xi Jinping promises moderate prosperity for all Chinese in the future. Faced with economic slowdown and long standing problems such as the Taiwan issue and a restive Hong Kong and challenges to its claims in the South China Sea how will the country fare in the coming decades? Will the China dream be realized, and how will the country change in the future. Please log in and give us your thoughts on this question.

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