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1. The Chinese do not think of themselves in terms of nation, but civilisation; it is the latter that gives them their sense of identity. 2. The notion of race: The Han (the largest single ethnic group in the world) 3. The autority and power of the State as the guardian of civilisation.   Info on his book at Amazon   More on the size of Zheng He' ships.   Definitions: parochial: Having a limited or narrow outlook or scope.  paradigm: a pattern or model.
Editor's Note: Martin Jacques was editor of the Communist Party of Great Britain's journal 'Marxism Today' from 1977 until its closure in 1991.

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