Editing Chinese culture (section)

== The characteristics of Chinese culture ==
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China is one of the world's four “cradles of ancient civilization” and has maintained unique continuity. The Chinese people, remarks one scholar, in the spirit of “continuous self-renewal,” “self-discipline and social commitment,” “inclusiveness to diversity,” and “realism and adaptation to changes,” created cultural traditions of abundant content, sophisticated structure, and various forms.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Li |first=Deshun |title=On Chinese Culture |date=2016 |publisher=Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer |isbn=978-981-10-0279-3 |edition=1st ed. 2016 |location=Singapore |page=5}}</ref>