What are the economic and cultural differences caused by the different geographical environments between China and the West?

China has a vast territory and a vast hinterland, with many rivers such as Yangtze River, Yellow River and Huaihe River. It is a typical agricultural civilized country. The development of small-scale peasant economy has made people in China live a peaceful life and have stable habits. It also makes blood finally overcome geography and become an important link to maintain group relations.

In the end, it has a strong sociality and group standard, which makes individuals generally exist as a part of a group rather than an individual in China society. Therefore, China people emphasize stability and unity. Small-scale peasant economy makes China form a mode of intensive cultivation.

The geographical situation of Chinese mainland is that mountains, plateaus and hills account for about 66% of the total land area, while basins and plains account for about 34% of the land area. That is, there are few plains and many mountains, and the land height difference is very large. Nearly 70% of counties in China are located in mountainous areas. The offshore area is in the east and south, with a length of about 5,500 kilometers from north to south and a width of about 5,200 kilometers from east to west. However, the source of Chinese national culture first comes from the inland Yellow River basin.

Because the inland of China is far from the ocean, the humanistic culture of China should be bred by the farming economy in the two river basins composed of the Yellow River and the Yangtze River, with the culture in the Yellow River basin as the representative.