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As Newton puts it, “If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” Actually, the development of human material life and spiritual civilization is not as simple as God makes human being in a day. The material wealth in modern life is accumulated during thousands of years. A variety of things now in China, ranging from plants, animals and cash crops to religion, literature, arts and custom, are not homemade, but originate from the exchanges and spreading of world civilization. The Belt and Road is such an important channel for exchanging and spreading culture in history.
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Shang, H. (2019). What Did We Benefit from the Belt and Road in History?. In: The Belt and Road Initiative: Key Concepts. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9201-6_4
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