When does the Chinese renaissance mean?

Using "rise" to describe national development is essentially a western concept. Modern western powers either rose from the ruins of the empire or started from the endless exploration of the new continent. Completely different from the rise of western powers, China's achievements today do not come out of thin air, but are based on the history of the Chinese nation for 5,000 years. For this reason, from the perspective of China and East Asian history, the development of China today should be "revival" rather than "rise".

The original intention of "revival" is to restore prosperity, and the revival of China certainly means the prosperity of new China again. However, it should not be simply understood that China will "return" to the past, return to the position of the Chinese Empire in East Asia before modern times, and repeat the way of handling foreign relations in that period. When the government and people of China talk about "the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation", we are looking forward to the future, which means that contemporary China will open up a new development path under the international norms stipulated in the UN Charter and the new situation of globalization, instead of simply returning to the "moderns" that many people still talk about in the past.