Thread:Univero/@comment-24166893-20190726015356/@comment-30928085-20190726050337

"Poland, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, etc are considered part of Western civilization correct?"

Yes.

"Well guess what Taiwan is considered part of Chinese (aka, Confucian civilization) and many historians also consider Korea and Vietnam to be part of Chinese civilization."

Taiwan is for most of its history a separate country. It had multiple foreign rulers. It was never a part of the PRC. Vietnam was for most of its history a seperate country with a distinct culture and language. The same is true for Tibet. Tibet was not ruled by the Chinese government prior to the 1950 invasion. It has been illegally occupied ever since. [//freetibet.org/about/china-argument https://freetibet.org/about/china-argument]

Vietnamese civilization started around 2879 BC. It was dominated by multiple Chinese dynasties from 11 BC–938 AD. After that it was independent until 1858 AD when it became a French colony. [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Vietnam https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Vietnam]

East Turkestan's history dates back to the 8th century BCE. It was a separate country until 1759 when it was occupied by the Manchus.

"East Turkistan had been founded in the Middle Asia and become the centre of Turkish states and khanates through its long history. This Turkish homeland, which became a centre of The Scythians between 8 and 3rd centuries B.C., Huns between 300 B.C. and 93 A.C., Gokturk Empire between 522 and 744, Uyghur Empire between 744 and 840, The Karakhanid Empire between 751 and 870, is shaping an important place in Turkish history. There was a period of peace when very important cultural and political cooperation with China took place. But, this period of peace ended in 1759 by the occupation of China-Manchu Empire over East Turkistan. There had been more than 200 commotions in East Turkistan declaring its independence in 1863 and the people of East Turkistan gained independence three times." [//centralasiaprogram.org/archives/12295 https://centralasiaprogram.org/archives/12295]

The equivalent of "Western civilization" is "East Asian civilization' or "Asian civilization".