Chinese nationalism (as promoted by Chinese nationalists such as Sun-Yat Sen and Chen Duxiu) tends to be somewhat different than the more ethnocentric European nationalism. Even the French Revolution, which was based off a more civic understanding of nationalism, could be ethnocentric. Robespierre had the Prussian-born revolutionary Anacharsis Cloots executed so that he could claim to have ridded France of "foreign influence." While Chinese nationalism has certainly not been completely free from xenophobia (Boxer Rebellion), it has predominantly been ethnically inclusive, accepting China's racial diversity and calling for the coming together of all Chinese.
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