Comments by "D W" (@DW-op7ly) on "New university rankings have upended the world: Chinese universities hold 6 of top 10 spots" video.
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Civilization state versus nation-state
15/01/11 - Süddeutsche Zeitung
China confronts Europe with an enormous problem: we do not understand it
* The reason why the Chinese state enjoys a formidable legitimacy in the eyes of the Chinese has nothing to do with democracy but can be found in the relationship between the state and Chinese civilization. The state is seen as the embodiment, guardian and defender of Chinese civilization. Maintaining the unity, cohesion and integrity of Chinese civilization – of the civilization-state – is perceived as the highest political priority and is seen as the sacrosanct task of the Chinese state. Unlike in the West, where the state is viewed with varying degrees of suspicion, even hostility, and is regarded, as a consequence, as an outsider, in China the state is seen as an intimate, as part of the family, indeed as the head of the family; interestingly, in this context, the Chinese term for nation-state is ‘nation-family’.
Martin Jacques
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