Robert Lawrence Kuhn discusses China's economic growth and national pride in interview

HOST: Now from Beijing, Robert Lawrence Kuhn is a long-time advisor to China's leaders and the author of “How China's Leaders Think”. Thank you so much for joining us. We appreciate it. Your reaction to Jack Ma's prediction and do you agree? RLK: The public stance of China has to be strong. The legitimacy of the government and of the Communist Party is based on two primary factors. One is the economic development. RLK: China is celebrating this year 40 years of reform and opening up really having created an economic miracle, an astonishing 50 times increase of GDP per capita. So that has been terrific. The second area is national pride and national rejuvenation. And frankly, China as almost every other country, if the two come into conflict, the latter has to prevail, especially in China with a history of 100 years of bullying, as they say, by foreign powers, mostly Western, and then of course Japan. DEVELOPING STORY QUEST MEANS BUSINESS Beijing 3:36 AM DEVELOPING STORY JACK MA: TRADE WAR COULD LAST 20 YEARS Fe" Robert Lawrence Kuhn — Long-term adviser to China's leaders om « 6:2 @questCNN 2 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_026869