The Chinese view the state as an intimate -- not just as an intimate actually, as a member of the family -- not just in fact as a member of the family, but as the head of the family, the patriarch of the family.
中国人视国家 作为一个亲密的朋友，也不止是作为一个密友， 作为家庭里的一员， 事实上也不止是家里一员， 而是一家之长， 家庭里的家长。