Any Quote by Huston Smith

The Chinese people have only family and clan groups; there is no national spirit. Consequently, in spite of four hundred million people gathered together…

— Sun Yat-sen

I always thought that in modern history Chinese people are like a dish of sand, never really close together. But I think a dish…

— Ai Weiwei

The idea of universal brotherhood is innate in the catholic nature of Chinese thought; it was the dominant concept of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, whom…

— Chiang Kai-shek

I think we Chinese are just as capable, as diligent, as hardworking, as peace-loving, and as creative as people everywhere.

— Li Lu

“Like the United States, China thought of itself as playing a special role. But it never espoused the American notion of universalism to spread…

— Henry Kissinger

“According to a Confucian view, there are four steps in social develpment, wrote Wilhem (Sr.). There are the individual, the family, the state, and…

— Hellmut Wilhelm

You can't help but feel that the Chinese people are a subspecies.

— Steven Morrissey

The Chinese people have only family and clan solidarity; they do not have national spirit...they are just a heap of loose sand...Other men are…

— Sun Yat-sen

More than 90% of Chinese believe themselves to be Han. Of course, such a vast population is derived from countless different races, but because…

— Martin Jacques

There are a host of ethnic minorities in China, but they often have a weak sense of identity and are relatively small in total…

— Martin Jacques

“China’s official identity is a multiethnic state where all peoples, beliefs, and traditions are equally respected. The problem with this story is that Han…

— Ian Johnson

The Chinese concept of rights arose, then, in a context of power. Western nations had become powerful enough, and imposed their will in nakedly…

— David Wong