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Chinese Dream: The Dream of a Country, a Nation and a People Speech by Ambassador Liu Xiaoming at the Dinner Marking the Fifth Anniversary of Young Icebreakers （From Chinese Embassy in UK） 2013/05/03 (Royal China Restaurant, London, 2 May 2013) Lord Howell,Chairman Stephen Perry,Chair Lin Yue,Young Icebreakers, I warmly congratulate you all on the fifth anniversary of the Young Icebreakers. It has been my privilege to attend four of your birthday parties. I also want to take this opportunity to congratulate the 48 Group Club. This year marks your 60th anniversary. Over the six decades, the 48 Group and its successor the 48 Group Club have carried on the spirit of the Icebreakers. I admire your conviction that there is no unbreakable ice in the world. I applaud your belief in peaceful development and mutual benefit between China and UK. During the past 60 years you have made outstanding contributions to China-UK economic cooperation and overall bilateral relations. Chairman Perry has asked me to talk about the Chinese Dream. I am very glad to respond to his request. This is a topic that is currently generating much interest both in China and around the world. Dreams about China are not new. Over the past century Chinese people have dreamed a lot of dreams about their country. For example, in the early 20th century the Chinese scholar and reformist Liang Qichao described his Chinese dream in the political novel The Future of New China. He wrote with reference to one of the longest mountain ranges in China: I dreamed of standing on the summit of the Kunlun Mountains and seeing a peaceful China. So Mr. Liangs dream was about peace and prosperity. Dr. Sun Yat-sens Chinese dream was reflected in his work called the Fundamentals of National Reconstruction. That book was mostly about modernisation. In more recent times Chinese people also had other dreams. For example: · The Three Gorges dream. · The Olympic dream. · And then the World Expo dream. Today all t