Keynote Speaker: Prof. Gao Chaoqun

In accordance with his observation, Prof. Gao Chaoqun divided Chinese political ideas formed in the past thirty years of reform into four schools: the mainstream nationalist school, the free-market school, the marginal political democratic school, and the social revolutionary school. Prof. Gao Chaoqun gave a detailed introduction of the mild nationalist school, whose advocators were represented by the interest group of state monopolies. In culture, the nationalist school emphasizes national interests and despises individual value and market value, and hopes the rulers to maintain flesh-and-blood ties rather than a legal relationship with the masses. In the economy, the nationalist school emphasizes the role of the state-owned economy. In political and social policies, the nationalism school advocates more welfare for the lower social classes, yet opposes the growth of the underclass in strength. Prof. Gao Chaoqun also disclosed two major physiological motivations for the masses advocating mild nationalism and pointed out five problems with this mild nationalism.

Oct.14th, 2011