What are the particular behaviors, beliefs of Chinese than just a geographic/ethnic power?

Also if you adopt a western cult: Marxism-Leninism and use it to destroy monuments, burn historical books what are you?

The question is, where do you think the heart and soul of China resides? In the dynastic successions, or in the amazingly resilient bureaucracy and the class that supports it?

I mean, good grief, how many generations was it between Ghengis Khan the consummate Mongol, and Kublai Khan, who was arguably a man transformed into a creature more Chinese than many Chinese ethnics? Mostly through the good offices of the Chinese bureaucrats and court officials that the Mongols had to co-opt in order to run their vast empire, I might point out…

China may not have continuous government, but it damn sure has continuous bureaucracy. Friend of mine who was Chinese was telling me that it was a lot like how the Soviets wound up co-opting the former Cheka agents–Who else were they gonna get?

From his perspective as a Chinese of middling position, all that he saw really changing was what books they were studying out of for testing and advancement–His grandfather’s generation was still doing the Confucian classics, his father was studying Westerners, and he was working out of Mao’s Little Red Book. Other than that, it was all pretty much the same-old, same-old–Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.

Doesn’t matter who conquers China, they’re eventually going to wind up becoming China and behaving Chinese. The process is inexorable–The Mongols wanted to rule from nomadic tents, but within generations, it was all working out of the palaces of the Forbidden City, just like before they showed up.

So, some aspects of China are eternal. Continuity of governance, however? Ain’t one of them. They’ll have a period of successful dominance, and then collapse yet again into a warlord era of chaos and confusion. It’s cyclic; happened before, and will happen again. Just like in the West. It’s best not to take these things personally, if you can avoid the animus.

What are the characteristics for what we can tell it to be Chinese civilization?

Or “Chinese civilization” is just an easy moniker getaway by us western people to designate other people?

Is Communist China still Chinese civilization?

Although, you could make a case for continuous existence as a succession of dynastic groups…

Much longer?

I never criticize the local culture. China has been around much longer than the West and deserves its heritage. If countries want to Westernize that’s ok by me. Except for the West in the last few centuries, human history has been the same everywhere. Dictators, kings, monarchs, tyrants, warlords, chiefs and emperors accompanied by crushing poverty and abuse of the everyone else. Mostly rotten.

I agree about the squat toilet.

I for one am glad the squat toilet is dying out.