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hasn't it been the same in China for 5000 years? What's different now? The only difference I can tell is China becoming the world empire and this is not because of the democracy.

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Many things have changed in the last 5000 years. For one now most Chinese can easily communicate with people for all over the world.

And what's that the china people will learn about other countries would make them act differently to the last 5000 years?

Before, they only thought they were the best country in the world. Now, they can "know" it - as filtered by the great firewall, anyway.

They can easily communicate through the great firewall so whatever the government allows and now their police force will ensure that.

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