You assume that ways of thinking and doing are rigid. I don't know about that.
Moreover, when we do look at the "humanities," the wisdom gained from China's five-thousand year history trumps that of this country.
Moreover, when we do look at the "humanities," the wisdom gained from China's five-thousand year history trumps that of this country.
in the end, it is not how long knowledge has accumulated in a place but how open people are to learning from others.
And how open is often a crap shoot accident of history. The US forced Japan open when Admiral Perry paid Tokyo a visit. Had he only gone to North Korea instead, history would have been completely different.
As for China, what they've gained culturally in the last 5000 years became irrelevant once communism took hold.