Although China has the concept of "citizens" long ago, our country has not really implemented civic education because of historical and practical reasons.

在我国虽然早已有了“公民”这个概念，但是由于历史和现实的原因，我国并没有真正实施公民教育。

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Citizen is a historical concept; different time requires different civic identity and quality.

公民是一个历史的概念，时代不同，公民的身份和素质要求不同。

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The concept of civic duty has been used by those in favour of creating a written constitution for the UK - the argument being that if you know what's expected of you by society, you're more likely to do it.

BBC: Is there such a thing as civic duty? And do we feel it?

Representative democracy takes time (and a foundation of civic development) to build--yet the concept clearly enjoys momentum.

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The concept of fairness, so engrained in current political rhetoric, is given its own civic bullet-point.

BBC: Should we pick up other people's litter?