translation.en: In other words, China, unlike the Western states and most countries in the world, is shaped by its sense of civilization, its existence as a civilization-state, rather than as a nation-state.
translation.zh: 换言之，中国不像世界上的西方国家和多数国家， 它由它自身文明所形成， 它是作为一个文明国家 而不是一个民族国家而存在的。