Chinese Civilization

Chinese civilization may refer to:

  • China for more general discussion of the country.
  • History of China
  • Chinese culture
  • Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.
  • Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture

Famous quotes containing the word civilization:

    “Were civilization itself to be measured by some of its results, it would seem perhaps better for what we call the barbarous part of the world to remain unchanged.”
    —Herman Melville (1819–1891)