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Originally Posted by LeoXiao
There were Chinese dynasties around at least 4000 years ago, and certainly various kingdoms in the Chinese cradle of civilization before then, so "5000 years" isn't the problem. The issue is that many feel the need to mention it when they bring up China, but not for other countries that have a similarly long period of civilized society.
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I think what's unique about China in terms of history is the relative isolationism. It's not that they didn't trade with foreigners or anything, but like Japan they were largely spared from the Colonial Era or the Roman/Persian Empires, unlike many of their neighbors, until the modern era at least.
Heck, China's history is almost a microcosm of human history. There's a really good reason the western world looks at China, Japan, Korea, etc., culture in an almost mythical sense.