Perceiving Chinese Nation through Comparison between China and Western Countries
This paper mainly focuses on the following two aspects:firstly,the difference between patriotism of Chinese people and the American and western ethnocentrism,pointing out that the patriotism of the US and other western countries is individualism in a large scale,while the patriotism of the Chinese people is not only the identification of the Chinese nation in the traditional sense,but also the identification of the socialist system;secondly,in the comparison of the history and traditional cultural characteristics between the Chinese nation and the western world,it points out the basis for its long-term unification of China as the only civilization and unified country that has never been interrupted for two thousand years in five aspects.These five aspects are listed as follows:1)geographically,it boasts vast territory with introverted,semi-closed characteristics and vast and rich core area;2)economically,it boasts the feature of environment and economy being diverse,complementary and mutual dependent;3)politically,it is featured by diversity in unity,with centralization being the core while detaining system being the auxiliary;4)from the traditional culture and value perspective,it values holism and cycle theory of universe,harmony being the precious,emphasizing on the general public which puts public before private and attaches importance to obligations and responsibilities;5)from the ethnic policy point of view,it is a country with multiple systems,and it advocates the integration of Han and other ethnic minorities,harmony but differences,and it does not pursue national assimilation.It has always been a multi-national unified country,not a single nation state.
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