China horizon the glory and dream of a civilizational state zhang wei wei on amazoncom free shipping on qualifying offers china horizon the glory and dream of a civilizational state. In defining a civilizational state the a professor zhangs book seeks to accomplish the following define a civilizational state examine the china model consider the applicability of the western model to non western countries and compare and contrast the american dream with the chinese dream. The author argues that as a civilizational state china has evolved a logic of its own for development and its own political discourse which questions seriously many western assumptions about democracy good governance and universal valuesthe book recaptures the essence of chinas past glory and discusses the horizon of the chinese dream as . The author argues that as a civilizational state china has evolved a logic of its own for