Now agaias ithe past wheChina was iits prime， the world find itimpossible to overlook China and its people. However， for its many sufferings ipre-moderand moderhistory ofsocial unrest and setbacks， natural disasters and social misfortunes， Chinahas for a long time remained relatively backward， listed as a "developingcountry" of the world. And for the same reason， The Chinese people andtheir civilizatiohave beeneglected ithe developed countries， and whatis now knowof China to quite many people ithe West remains to bewhat it was 30 or 50 years ago.
