[MinorityRepublican]

I’ll be politically incorrect here. Name even one country which maintained its civilization after the western civilization leadership and facilitators leave.

Japan.

[grania]

Japan stayed true to its traditions and culture. I don’t think they qualify as a country that let western civilization define them. Instead, they integrated western technology to meet their traditions. Same with South Korea.

[ozzymandus]

Japan was civilized before Whitey and his gunboats showed up.

[OldNewYork]

For what it’s worth, visitors to apartheid era South Africa fom Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan (but not PRC) were legally considered white while there.