For the womanhood in a nation is the flower of the civilisation of the state of civilisation in that nation.

因为一个民族，女人的气质是文明之花，是文明国家的国花。

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And for more than 2, 000 years, it was not a nation-state but a civilisation-state.

BBC: A Point Of View: Making sense of China

The things that define for the Chinese who they are and what China is are a product not of the past 100 years of calling itself a nation-state but 2, 000 years of being a civilisation-state.

BBC: A Point Of View: Making sense of China

India is also a great country, with a proud civilisation, which is modernising its state-strung economy and looking for ways to boost trade.

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