Yesterday’s issue of China’s Qiushi Journal, a flagship magazine of the CPC Central Committee, published an article authored by President Xi Jinping on “advancing the research of the history of Chinese civilization, and developing a keener awareness of the history while building up cultural confidence,” according to Xinhua. The report notes that “the project to trace the origins of Chinese civilization, proved that China’s history includes a million years of humanity, 10,000 years of culture, and more than 5,000 years of civilization, according to the [Xi Jinping] article.”