The Chinese view the state as an intimate — not just as an intimate actually, as a member of the family — not just in fact as a member of the family, but as the head of the family, the patriarch of the family.
Китайцы представляют государство как нечто глубоко личное, не просто близкое, подобное члену семьи, и даже не просто члену семьи, а главе семьи, патриарху семьи.