Forget about civilized/uncivilized people, let's move our focus to country. So what is civilized in the context of country/nation? More devloped? More technological advanced? People are happier? Poverty rate? Level of equality/inequality?
If we talk about developed country, sorry that China is still secondary emerging - ya, not even advanced emrging. Putting a lot of money in military does not make the nation more civilized unfortunately.
If we talk about poverty, China's Human Poverty Index (HDI) is 0.777. Brazil is 0.800, New Zealand is 0.943, US is 0.951, Iceland and Norway are 0.968. I can't say China is more civilized if poverty is what we are measuring.
If we talk about happiness, let's use Quality of Life Index. China's rating is 6.084. Brazil is 6.470, Hong Kong is 7.374, New Zealand is 7.436, US is 7.615, Iceland is 7.911, Ireland is 8.333. This index measures against health, family life, community life, material well being, political stability and security, climate and geography, job security, political freedom, and gender equality (accoridng to the amazing Wikipedia again). I would say China is better than the rest of the world in none of the above.
What about something different, like corruption rate? Let's talk about Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI). 3.5 for China, 7.2 for US, 8.3 for Hong Kong, 9.4 for New Zealand, Demark and Finland.
So, in what way China may be a more civilized country? You tell me.
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