Yang Lan: The generation that's remaking China

Translator: Morten Kelder Skouboe Reviewer: Jonas Tholstrup Christensen

The night before I was heading for Scotland,

Natten før, jeg skulle til Skotland,

I was invited to host the final

blev jeg bedt om at være vært for finalen

of "China's Got Talent" show in Shanghai

i "Kina Har Talent"-showet i Shanghai

with the 80,000 live audience in the stadium.

med 80.000 tilskuere i stadionet.

Guess who was the performing guest?

Gæt, hvem der gæsteoptrådte?

Susan Boyle.

Susan Boyle.

And I told her, "I'm going to Scotland the next day."

Og jeg fortalte hende, "Jeg skal til Skotland i morgen."

She sang beautifully,

Hun sang smukt,

and she even managed to say a few words in Chinese:

og hun formåede endda at sige et par ord på kinesisk:

送你葱

送你葱

So it's not like "hello" or "thank you,"

Det betyder hverken "hej" eller "tak,"

that ordinary stuff.

det der normale.

It means "green onion for free."

Det betyder "gratis grønne løg."

Why did she say that?

Hvorfor sagde hun det?

Because it was a line

Fordi det var et vers

from our Chinese parallel Susan Boyle --

fra vores kinesiske parallel til Susan Boyle --

a 50-some year-old woman,

en nogen og 50 år gammel kvinde,

a vegetable vendor in Shanghai,

en grønthandler i Shanghai,

who loves singing Western opera,

som elsker at synge vestlig opera,

but she didn't understand

men hun forstod ikke

any English or French or Italian,

engelsk eller fransk eller italiensk,

so she managed to fill in the lyrics

så hun fyldte i stedet sangteksterne

with vegetable names in Chinese.

med grøntsagers navne på kinesisk.

(Laughter)

(Latter)

And the last sentence of Nessun Dorma

Og den sidste sætning i Nessun Dorma,

that she was singing in the stadium

som hun sang i stadionet,

was "green onion for free."

var "gratis grønne løg."

So [as] Susan Boyle was saying that,

Så [imens] Susan Boyle sagde det,

80,000 live audience sang together.

sang 80.000 tilskuere sammen.

That was hilarious.

Det var vanvittigt sjovt.

So I guess both Susan Boyle

Jeg vil gætte på, at Susan Boyle

and this vegetable vendor in Shanghai

og denne grønthandler i Shanghai

belonged to otherness.

tilhørte anderledesheden.

They were the least expected to be successful

De var dem, man mindst forventede, skulle få succes

in the business called entertainment,

inden for underholdningsbranchen,

yet their courage and talent brought them through.

og alligevel fik deres mod og talent dem igennem.

And a show and a platform

Og et show og en platform

gave them the stage

gav dem scenen

to realize their dreams.

til at realisere deres drømme.

Well, being different is not that difficult.

Tja, at være anderledes er ikke så svært.

We are all different

Vi er alle forskellige

from different perspectives.

fra forskellige perspektiver.

But I think being different is good,

Men jeg synes, det at være anderledes er godt,

because you present a different point of view.

fordi du præsenterer en anderledes synsvinkel.

You may have the chance to make a difference.

Du har chancen for at gøre en forskel.

My generation has been very fortunate

Min generation har været meget heldig

to witness and participate

at bevidne og deltage

in the historic transformation of China

i Kinas historiske forvandling,

that has made so many changes

der har lavet så mange forandringer

in the past 20, 30 years.

i de sidste 20, 30 år.

I remember that in the year of 1990,

Jeg mindes, at i året 1990,

when I was graduating from college,

da jeg graduerede fra universitetet,

I was applying for a job in the sales department

søgte jeg et job i salgsafdelingen

of the first five-star hotel in Beijing,

på det første fem-stjernede hotel i Beijing,

Great Wall Sheraton -- it's still there.

Great Wall Sheraton -- det er der stadig.

So after being interrogated

Så efter at være blevet forhørt

by this Japanese manager for a half an hour,

af den her japanske bestyrer i en halv time

he finally said,

sagde han endelig,

"So, Miss Yang,

"Nå, Frøken Yang,

do you have any questions to ask me?"

har De nogen spørgsmål at stille mig?"

I summoned my courage and poise and said,

Jeg fremmanede mit mod og selvsikkerhed og sagde,

"Yes, but could you let me know,

"Ja, men kunne De fortælle mig,

what actually do you sell?"

hvad I egentlig sælger?"

I didn't have a clue what a sales department was about

Jeg havde ingen anelse om, hvad en salgsafdeling lavede

in a five-star hotel.

på et fem-stjernet hotel.

That was the first day I set my foot

Det var den første dag, jeg satte min fod

in a five-star hotel.

på et fem-stjernet hotel.

Around the same time,

På omkring samme tid

I was going through an audition --

stillede jeg op til en audition --

the first ever open audition

den første åbne audition nogensinde

by national television in China --

til landsdækkende fjernsyn i Kina --

with another thousand college girls.

med tusind andre universitetspiger.

The producer told us

Produceren fortalte os,

they were looking for some sweet, innocent

at de ledte efter et sødt, uskyldigt

and beautiful fresh face.

og smukt frisk ansigt.

So when it was my turn, I stood up and said,

Så da det var min tur, stillede jeg mig op og sagde,

"Why [do] women's personalities on television

"Hvorfor er kvinders personligheder i fjernsynet

always have to be beautiful, sweet, innocent

nødt til at være smukke, søde, uskyldige

and, you know, supportive?

og, I ved, opbakkende?

Why can't they have their own ideas

Hvorfor kan de ikke have deres egne idéer

and their own voice?"

og deres egen stemme?"

I thought I kind of offended them.

Jeg troede egentligt, jeg fornærmede dem.

But actually, they were impressed by my words.

Men i virkeligheden blev de imponerede over mine ord.

And so I was in the second round of competition,

Og så var jeg i konkurrencens anden runde,

and then the third and the fourth.

og så den tredje og den fjerde.

After seven rounds of competition,

Efter syv runder i konkurrence

I was the last one to survive it.

var jeg den sidste tilbage.

So I was on a national television prime-time show.

Så var jeg med i et landsdækkende tv-show i bedste sendetid.

And believe it or not,

Og tro det eller ej,

that was the first show on Chinese television

det var det første show på kinesisk tv,

that allowed its hosts

der tillod sin vært

to speak out of their own minds

at tale frisindigt

without reading an approved script.

uden at læse op fra et godkendt manuskript.

(Applause)

(Bifald)

And my weekly audience at that time

Og mit ugentlige publikum på det tidspunkt

was between 200 to 300 million people.

var mellem 200 og 300 millioner seere.

Well after a few years,

Nå, men efter nogle få år

I decided to go to the U.S. and Columbia University

besluttede jeg mig for at tage til U.S.A. og Columbia University

to pursue my postgraduate studies,

for at forfølge min kandidatuddannelse,

and then started my own media company,

og så startede jeg min egen medievirksomhed,

which was unthought of

hvilket var utænkeligt

during the years that I started my career.

i årene, da jeg startede min karriere.

So we do a lot of things.

Så vi gør en masse ting.

I've interviewed more than a thousand people in the past.

Jeg har interviewet over tusind personer igennem tiden.

And sometimes I have young people approaching me

Og nogle gange har jeg unge, der kommer til mig

say, "Lan, you changed my life,"

og siger, "Lan, du forandrede mit liv,"

and I feel proud of that.

og det er jeg stolt af.

But then we are also so fortunate

Men så er vi også så heldige

to witness the transformation of the whole country.

at bevidne hele landets forvandling.

I was in Beijing's bidding for the Olympic Games.

Jeg deltog i Beijings anmodning om de Olympiske Lege.

I was representing the Shanghai Expo.

Jeg repræsenterede Shanghai Expo.

I saw China embracing the world

Jeg så Kina omfavne verden

and vice versa.

og vice versa.

But then sometimes I'm thinking,

Men nogle gange tænker jeg,

what are today's young generation up to?

hvad har dagens generation af unge gang i?

How are they different,

Hvordan er de anderledes,

and what are the differences they are going to make

og hvilke forskelle vil de gøre

to shape the future of China,

for at forme Kinas fremtid

or at large, the world?

eller verden generelt?

So today I want to talk about young people

Så i dag vil jeg gerne tale om unge

through the platform of social media.

gennem de sociale mediers platform.

First of all, who are they? [What] do they look like?

For det første, hvem er de? [Hvordan] ser de ud?

Well this is a girl called Guo Meimei --

Tja, det her er en pige ved navn Guo Meimei --

20 years old, beautiful.

20 år gammel, smuk.

She showed off her expensive bags,

Hun viste sine dyre tasker,

clothes and car

tøj og bil

on her microblog,

på sin mikroblog,

which is the Chinese version of Twitter.

der er den kinesiske version af Twitter.

And she claimed to be the general manager of Red Cross

Og hun påstod, at hun var Røde Kors' administrerende direktør

at the Chamber of Commerce.

i Handelskammeret.

She didn't realize

Hun indså ikke,

that she stepped on a sensitive nerve

at hun trådte på en følsom nerve

and aroused national questioning,

og udløste landsdækkende udspørgen,

almost a turmoil,

næsten et oprør,

against the credibility of Red Cross.

om Røde Kors' troværdighed.

The controversy was so heated

Striden var så ophedet,

that the Red Cross had to open a press conference

at Røde Kors var nødt til at afholde en pressekonference

to clarify it,

for at klargøre det,

and the investigation is going on.

og efterforskningen er i gang.

So far, as of today,

Så vidt, i dag,

we know that she herself made up that title --

ved vi, at hun selv opfandt den titel --

probably because she feels proud to be associated with charity.

sandsynligvis fordi hun føler sig stolt over at være involveret i velgørenhed.

All those expensive items

Alle de dyre ting

were given to her as gifts

blev givet til hende som gaver

by her boyfriend,

af hendes kæreste,

who used to be a board member

der plejede at være bestyrelsesmedlem

in a subdivision of Red Cross at Chamber of Commerce.

i en underafdeling af Røde Kors i Handelskammeret.

It's very complicated to explain.

Det er meget kompliceret at forklare.

But anyway, the public still doesn't buy it.

Men alligevel, offentligheden køber den stadigvæk ikke.

It is still boiling.

Den koger stadig.

It shows us a general mistrust

Det viser os en generel mistillid

of government or government-backed institutions,

til regeringen eller institutioner bakket op af regeringen,

which lacked transparency in the past.

der manglede gennemskuelighed i fortiden.

And also it showed us

Og det viste os også

the power and the impact of social media

de sociale mediers magt og indflydelse

as microblog.

som mikroblog.

Microblog boomed in the year of 2010,

Mikroblog blomstrede i år 2010,

with visitors doubled

med dobbelt så mange besøgende

and time spent on it tripled.

og en tredobling af tiden brugt på det.

Sina.com, a major news portal,

Sina.com, en stor nyhedsportal,

alone has more than 140 million microbloggers.

har alene mere end 140 millioner mikrobloggere.

On Tencent, 200 million.

På Tencent, 200 millioner.

The most popular blogger --

Den populæreste blogger --

it's not me --

det er ikke mig --

it's a movie star,

det er en filmstjerne,

and she has more than 9.5 million followers, or fans.

og hun har mere end 9,5 millioner tilhængere eller fans.

About 80 percent of those microbloggers are young people,

Omkring 80 procent af disse mikrobloggere er unge

under 30 years old.

under 30 år gamle.

And because, as you know,

Og fordi, som I ved,

the traditional media is still heavily controlled by the government,

de traditionelle medier stadig er stærkt kontrollerede af regeringen,

social media offers an opening

tilbyder sociale medier en åbning

to let the steam out a little bit.

til at lukke lidt af dampen ud.

But because you don't have many other openings,

Men fordi man ikke har mange andre åbninger,

the heat coming out of this opening

er varmen, der kommer ud af denne åbning,

is sometimes very strong, active

nogle gange meget stærk, aktiv

and even violent.

og endda voldelig.

So through microblogging,

Så igennem mikroblogging

we are able to understand Chinese youth even better.

er vi i stand til at forstå kinesisk ungdom endnu bedre.

So how are they different?

Så hvordan er de anderledes?

First of all, most of them were born

For det første blev mange af dem født

in the 80s and 90s,

i 80'erne og 90'erne

under the one-child policy.

under etbarnspolitikken.

And because of selected abortion

Og på grund af den valgte abort

by families who favored boys to girls,

af familier, der favoriserer drenge frem for piger,

now we have ended up

er vi nu endt

with 30 million more young men than women.

med 30 millioner flere unge mænd end kvinder.

That could pose

Det kunne vise sig som

a potential danger to the society,

en potentiel fare for samfundet,

but who knows;

men hvem ved;

we're in a globalized world,

vi lever i en globaliseret verden,

so they can look for girlfriends from other countries.

så de kan lede efter kærester fra andre lande.

Most of them have fairly good education.

De fleste af dem har en ret god uddannelse.

The illiteracy rate in China among this generation

Andelen af analfabeter i Kina i denne generation

is under one percent.

er under en procent.

In cities, 80 percent of kids go to college.

I byer kommer 80 procent af alle børn på universitetet.

But they are facing an aging China

Men de står over for et aldrende Kina

with a population above 65 years old

med en befolkning på over 65 år,

coming up with seven-point-some percent this year,

der stiger med 7 komma-et-eller-andet procent i år,

and about to be 15 percent

og som er ved at være 15 procent

by the year of 2030.

i år 2030.

And you know we have the tradition

Og I ved, vi har tradition for,

that younger generations support the elders financially,

at yngre generationer støtter de ældre finansielt

and taking care of them when they're sick.

og tager sig af dem, når de er syge.

So it means young couples

Så det betyder, at unge par

will have to support four parents

er nødt til at støtte fire forældre,

who have a life expectancy of 73 years old.

der har en forventet levetid på 73 år.

So making a living is not that easy

Så at tjene til livets ophold er ikke let

for young people.

for unge.

College graduates are not in short supply.

Akademikere er der ikke mangel på.

In urban areas,

I byområder

college graduates find the starting salary

kan akademikere få en startløn

is about 400 U.S. dollars a month,

på omkring 400 U.S. dollars om måneden,

while the average rent

imens den gennemsnitlige leje

is above $500.

er over $500.

So what do they do? They have to share space --

Så hvad gør de? De er nødt til at dele plads --

squeezed in very limited space

mast sammen på meget begrænset plads

to save money --

for at spare penge --

and they call themselves "tribe of ants."

og de kalder sig selv "Stamme af myrer."

And for those who are ready to get married

Og for dem, der er klar til at blive gift

and buy their apartment,

og købe egen lejlighed,

they figured out they have to work

de har fundet ud af, at de må arbejde

for 30 to 40 years

i 30 til 40 år

to afford their first apartment.

for at få råd til deres første lejlighed.

That ratio in America

Det forhold i Amerika

would only cost a couple five years to earn,

ville kun koste et par fem år at tjene,

but in China it's 30 to 40 years

men i Kina er det 30 til 40 år

with the skyrocketing real estate price.

med de til himmels flyvende priser på fast ejendom.

Among the 200 million migrant workers,

Blandt de 200 millioner omvandrende arbejdere

60 percent of them are young people.

er 60 procent af dem unge.

They find themselves sort of sandwiched

De befinder sig ligesom klemt

between the urban areas and the rural areas.

mellem byområderne og landområderne.

Most of them don't want to go back to the countryside,

De fleste af dem vil ikke tilbage til landet,

but they don't have the sense of belonging.

men de har ikke følelsen af at høre til.

They work for longer hours

De arbejder længere

with less income, less social welfare.

med mindre indkomst, mindre velfærd.

And they're more vulnerable

Og de er mere sårbare

to job losses,

over for at miste jobs,

subject to inflation,

udsat for inflation,

tightening loans from banks,

strammere lån fra banker,

appreciation of the renminbi,

stigning i renminbiens kurs,

or decline of demand

eller nedgang i efterspørgsel

from Europe or America

fra Europa eller Amerika

for the products they produce.

af de produkter, de producerer.

Last year, though,

Sidste år, dog,

an appalling incident

en forfærdende hændelse

in a southern OEM manufacturing compound in China:

i et sydligt OEM fabrikskompleks i Kina:

13 young workers

13 unge arbejdere

in their late teens and early 20s

i deres sene teenageår og tidlige 20'ere

committed suicide,

begik selvmord,

just one by one like causing a contagious disease.

bare en efter en som forårsagede det en smitsom sygdom.

But they died because of all different personal reasons.

Men de døde på grund af meget forskellige årsager.

But this whole incident

Men hele denne hændelse

aroused a huge outcry from society

vakte stor opstand fra samfundet

about the isolation,

over isolationen,

both physical and mental,

både fysisk og mentalt,

of these migrant workers.

af disse omvandrende arbejdere.

For those who do return back to the countryside,

For dem, der vender tilbage til landet,

they find themselves very welcome locally,

finder sig meget velkomne lokalt,

because with the knowledge, skills and networks

for med den viden, de evner og de netværk,

they have learned in the cities,

de har tilegnet sig i byerne

with the assistance of the Internet,

med Internettets hjælp,

they're able to create more jobs,

er de i stand til at skabe flere jobs,

upgrade local agriculture and create new business

forbedre det lokale landbrug og skabe nyt forretningsliv

in the less developed market.

i det mindre udviklede marked.

So for the past few years, the coastal areas,

Så i de seneste par år har kystområderne

they found themselves in a shortage of labor.

været i underskud af arbejdskraft.

These diagrams show

Disse diagrammer viser

a more general social background.

en mere generel social baggrund.

The first one is the Engels coefficient,

Det første er Engels-koefficienten,

which explains that the cost of daily necessities

der forklarer, at priserne på dagligvarer

has dropped its percentage

er faldet i procent

all through the past decade,

hele vejen igennem det seneste årti

in terms of family income,

med hensyn til familieindkomst

to about 37-some percent.

til omkring nogen og 37 procent.

But then in the last two years,

Men så i de seneste to år

it goes up again to 39 percent,

går den op igen til 39 procent,

indicating a rising living cost.

hvilket indikerer en stigning i leveomkostninger.

The Gini coefficient

Gini-koefficienten

has already passed the dangerous line of 0.4.

er allerede steget over den farlige 0,4 linje.

Now it's 0.5 --

Nu er den 0,5 --

even worse than that in America --

endnu værre end i Amerika --

showing us the income inequality.

hvilket viser os uligheden i indkomst.

And so you see this whole society

Og på den måde ser I hele dette samfund,

getting frustrated

der bliver frustreret

about losing some of its mobility.

over at tabe noget af sin mobilitet.

And also, the bitterness and even resentment

Og også bitterheden og endda vrede

towards the rich and the powerful

mod de rige og de magtfulde

is quite widespread.

er ret udbredt.

So any accusations of corruption

Så enhver beskyldning om korruption

or backdoor dealings between authorities or business

eller bagdørshandler mellem myndigheder eller virksomheder

would arouse a social outcry

ville fremkalde et ramaskrig i samfundet

or even unrest.

eller endda uro.

So through some of the hottest topics on microblogging,

Så igennem nogle af de varmeste emner på mikroblogging

we can see what young people care most about.

kan vi se, hvad unge bekymrer sig mest om.

Social justice and government accountability

Social retfærdighed og regeringsansvar

runs the first in what they demand.

indtager førstepladsen af, hvad de kræver.

For the past decade or so,

I det forgangne årti eller deromkring

a massive urbanization and development

har en massiv urbanisering og udvikling

have let us witness a lot of reports

ladet os bevidne en masse beretninger

on the forced demolition

om den tvungne nedrivning

of private property.

af privat ejendom.

And it has aroused huge anger and frustration

Og det har vakt stor vrede og frustration

among our young generation.

blandt vores unge generation.

Sometimes people get killed,

Nogle gange bliver folk dræbt,

and sometimes people set themselves on fire to protest.

og andre gange sætter folk ild til sig selv i protest.

So when these incidents are reported

Så når disse episoder bliver rapporteret

more and more frequently on the Internet,

oftere og oftere på Internettet,

people cry for the government to take actions to stop this.

råber folk op for at få regering til at tage affære og stoppe det.

So the good news is that earlier this year,

Så de gode nyheder er, at tidligere i år

the state council passed a new regulation

vedtog statsrådet en ny bestemmelse

on house requisition and demolition

vedrørende husbeslaglæggelse og -nedrivning

and passed the right

og flyttede retten

to order forced demolition from local governments

til at beordre tvungen nedrivning fra lokale regeringer

to the court.

til domstolen.

Similarly, many other issues concerning public safety

På samme måde er mange andre spørgsmål omkring offentlig sikkerhed

is a hot topic on the Internet.

et varmt emne på Internettet.

We heard about polluted air,

Vi hørte om forurenet luft,

polluted water, poisoned food.

forurenet vand, forgiftet mad.

And guess what, we have faked beef.

Og gæt engang, vi har falsk bøf.

They have sorts of ingredients

De har forskellige ingredienser,

that you brush on a piece of chicken or fish,

som du pensler et stykke kylling eller fisk med,

and it turns it to look like beef.

og så kommer det til at ligne bøf.

And then lately,

Og så for nylig

people are very concerned about cooking oil,

er folk meget optaget af madlavningsolie,

because thousands of people have been found

fordi tusindvis af mennesker er blevet taget i

[refining] cooking oil

at raffinere madlavningsolie

from restaurant slop.

fra madrester fra restauranter.

So all these things

Så alle disse ting

have aroused a huge outcry from the Internet.

har vakt stor opstandelse fra Internettet.

And fortunately,

Og heldigvis

we have seen the government

har vi set regeringen

responding more timely and also more frequently

svare hurtigere og også oftere

to the public concerns.

på de offentlige bekymringer.

While young people seem to be very sure

Imens unge lader til at være meget sikre

about their participation

på deres deltagelse

in public policy-making,

i offentlig politik,

but sometimes they're a little bit lost

er de nogle gange en smule fortabte,

in terms of what they want for their personal life.

hvad angår det, de vil have i deres personlige liv.

China is soon to pass the U.S.

Kina overgår snart U.S.A.

as the number one market

som det største marked

for luxury brands --

for luksusmærker --

that's not including the Chinese expenditures

det er ikke inkluderet det kinesiske forbrug

in Europe and elsewhere.

i Europa og andre steder.

But you know what, half of those consumers

Men ved I hvad, halvdelen af disse forbrugere

are earning a salary below 2,000 U.S. dollars.

tjener en løn på under 2000 U.S. dollars.

They're not rich at all.

De er overhovedet ikke rige.

They're taking those bags and clothes

De opfatter de tasker og det tøj

as a sense of identity and social status.

som en form for identitet og social status.

And this is a girl explicitly saying

Og det her er en pige, der udtrykkeligt siger

on a TV dating show

på et datingshow i tv,

that she would rather cry in a BMW

at hun hellere ville græde i en BMW

than smile on a bicycle.

end smile på en cykel.

But of course, we do have young people

Men selvfølgelig har vi unge,

who would still prefer to smile,

der stadig foretrækker at smile,

whether in a BMW or [on] a bicycle.

uanset om det er i en BMW eller på en cykel.

So in the next picture, you see a very popular phenomenon

Så på det næste billede ser I et meget populært fænomen

called "naked" wedding, or "naked" marriage.

kaldet "nøgent" bryllup eller "nøgen" vielse.

It does not mean they will wear nothing in the wedding,

Det betyder ikke, at de ikke har noget på til brylluppet,

but it shows that these young couples are ready to get married

men det viser, at disse unge par er klar til at blive viet

without a house, without a car, without a diamond ring

uden et hus, uden en bil, uden en diamantring

and without a wedding banquet,

og uden en brudebuket

to show their commitment to true love.

for at vise deres engagement i ægte kærlighed.

And also, people are doing good through social media.

Og folk gør også godt gennem de sociale medier.

And the first picture showed us

Og det første billede viste os,

that a truck caging 500 homeless and kidnapped dogs

at en lastbil med 500 hjemløse og kidnappede hunde

for food processing

til fødevarefremstilling

was spotted and stopped on the highway

blev set og stoppet på motorvejen,

with the whole country watching

mens hele landet så med

through microblogging.

via mikroblogging.

People were donating money, dog food

Folk donerede penge, hundemad

and offering volunteer work to stop that truck.

og tilbød frivilligt arbejde for at stoppe den lastbil.

And after hours of negotiation,

Og efter timevis af forhandling

500 dogs were rescued.

blev 500 hunde befriet.

And here also people are helping to find missing children.

Og her hjælper folk også med at finde forsvundne børn.

A father posted his son's picture onto the Internet.

En far opslog sin søns billede på Internettet.

After thousands of resends in relay,

Efter tusindvis af [uklart]

the child was found,

blev barnet fundet,

and we witnessed the reunion of the family

og vi bevidnede familiens genforening

through microblogging.

via mikroblogging.

So happiness is the most popular word

Så lykke er det populæreste ord,

we have heard through the past two years.

vi har hørt gennem de sidste to år.

Happiness is not only related

Lykke er ikke kun forbundet

to personal experiences and personal values,

med personlige erfaringer og personlige værdier,

but also, it's about the environment.

men det handler også om miljøet.

People are thinking about the following questions:

Folk tænker over de følgende spørgsmål:

Are we going to sacrifice our environment further

Vil vi ofre vores miljø yderligere

to produce higher GDP?

for at producere højere BNP?

How are we going to perform our social and political reform

Hvordan skal vi udføre vores sociale og politiske reform

to keep pace with economic growth,

for at kunne følge med den økonomiske vækst

to keep sustainability and stability?

for at opretholde bæredygtighed og stabilitet?

And also, how capable is the system

Og også, hvor kompetent er systemet

of self-correctness

til selvkorregering

to keep more people content

for at holde flere mennesker tilfredse,

with all sorts of friction going on at the same time?

når der er alle mulige former for gnidninger på samme tid?

I guess these are the questions people are going to answer.

Jeg gætter på, at disse er spørgsmål, folk vil besvare.

And our younger generation

Og vores yngre generation

are going to transform this country

vil forandre dette land

while at the same time being transformed themselves.

mens de på samme tid selv forandres.

Thank you very much.

Mange tak.

(Applause)

(Bifald)