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>For the first part, I still think that Chinese culture is quite special with culture that passed on for that long. Of course you do, this myth of the "5,000 y
by Sangermaine 8y ago
>For the first part, I still think that Chinese culture is quite special with culture that passed on for that long.
Of course you do, this myth of the "5,000 years of history" making China both unique and exempt from trends that affect the rest of the world is a very old part of the CCP's propaganda:
The Myth of "5,000 Years of History"
http://camphorpress.com/5000-years-of-history/ http://camphorpress.com/5000-years-of-history/
- cttet 8y agoI am just sharing thought base on personal experience. I never mention 5000 years of History, only 1500. I am trying to not related with any politics here. By your reasoning if there exists some propaganda then my personal experience should not be trusted? In addiction, the long history is not created by CCP but following the Chinese scholar tradition. It is correct that CCP used it for creating nationalism, but they did not fabricate the whole thing. To know more about Chinese culture not from [politic fueled](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ross_(academic) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ross_(academic)) books, I suggest you to read The [Problem of China](http://www.freeclassicebooks.com/Bertrand%20Russell/The%20Problem%20of%20China.pdf http://www.freeclassicebooks.com/Bertrand%20Russell/The%20Pr...) by Bertrand Russell. It is authored by a well-known scholar and written before the CCP exists in case you accuse me of suggesting you propaganda. The opinions by the book may be too old but at least the facts are unbiased IMO.