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China is a countrywith an ancient civilization dating back to 5,000 yearsago. When Egyptian Pharaohs' pyramids stood quietly inbarren sands and modem Europeans' ancestors were stillhuntsmen chasing rabbits and deer on the vast steppe insouthern Russia, the Shang Dynasty (1675-1029 BC)in China was a solely dominant power in Eastern Asia.A long standing history is the most important culturalheritage to the Chinese, but it has its cost at the same time. Due to its long history and relative isolation from the outside world, China was unable to respond to foreign threats immediately and effectively in the old days. As a consequence, classical Chinese culture was on the wane when Chinese people found that the teachings.