Introduction to Chinese History

About 6000-7000 years ago, many scattered civilizations appeared in China, which can be said to be the dawn of Chinese civilization. About 5000-4000 years ago, the earliest national system was gradually born. After experiencing ethnic integration and wars with foreign nations, a unified country was gradually formed. During the period of the Pre-Qin philosophers and hundreds of schools of thought, they theorized Chinese culture. After the Han Dynasty "deposed hundreds of schools of thought and respected Confucianism", the general development direction of Chinese culture based on Confucian culture was established. In the great ethnic integration after the Han Dynasty, the Han culture also absorbed the culture of many ethnic minorities, making China's culture more diverse. The invention of the imperial examination system allowed China's poor families to finally enter the center of power. It was also an important reason why China was far ahead of the world in ancient times. However, China has always been a centralized system, with most power concentrated in the hands of one person or a small number of people. This is conducive to the unification of the country, but on the other hand, it seriously restricts China's democratic development, making modern China far behind the world. Today, China is catching up with developed countries at an unprecedented speed.

The United States is a country established in the British colonies. Since the United States was established relatively late, and when the United States was established, Europe was transitioning from feudal society to capitalist society, so the United States directly skipped Primitive society, slave society and feudal society became a capitalist society. In order to obtain more land for national development, the United States began the famous westward expansion movement, occupying large tracts of Indian land and massacring many Native American residents. The United States also purchased large tracts of land from European countries or occupied it through war. , roughly forming the current territory of the United States. The United States cleared the last obstacle to capitalist development through the Civil War and entered a period of rapid development. Because the United States is far away from the Old World (Asia, Europe, and Africa), it was not affected by the flames of the two world wars. The United States made a fortune during this period and became the world's largest country. Since most of the population in the United States is immigrants, conflicts between ethnic groups are more complex, but American culture is also diversified.