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This article analyzes the role that “He” (Harmony) and “Tianxia” (All under Heaven) has had as cultural vectors of the new dynamics of China’s development. The author shows how China has undergone a shift from a largely agrarian society to an industrial powerhouse, but the focus of this chapter is to analyze the relation between the fast economic development of China and the underlying traditional philosophy and culture. This chapter shows that Chinese models of development are deeply rooted in the soil of Ancient China, which is interrelated with the terms such as He (Harmony) and Tianxia (all under Heaven).
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Jingting, Z. (2021). He and Tianxia, Vectors of a New Dynamic of China’s Development. In: Bourqia, R., Sili, M. (eds) New Paths of Development. Sustainable Development Goals Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56096-6_13
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