The decision to study law in Sweden seems a bit unusual. How did it come about?
To be honest, as a public servant I earned very little money. I started work in 1989, and at that time you know how China was. Of course I had thought about studying in the US but I would have had to spend all my family’s savings. Living in Sweden is not cheap, but the education was free, which was very attractive. I also had a relative who had moved there in the early 1980s, so I knew a bit about the country. So I went to Sweden, and got my legal degree in international law from Stockholm University in 1998. I also spent one year studying Swedish, so it was quite natural for me to work with Scandinavian companies. Q: How hard was it to learn Swedish? A: It’s quite hard. The language itself is difficult, but also the way they teach languages in Sweden is very different from the way they teach English in China. I think it’s more effective. I don’t believe I could read and speak as much Swedish as I do if I had learned it in the same way that I learned English. Q: How did you like Sweden
