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1. He is saying nothing at all. Trust me.

2. Presumably by 'civil society' he refers to a Lockian idea of civil society? In other words, 'belonging' to a civil society, as the primary element of belonging (over family or caste or tribe); that is a western concept, which is not necessarily the case elsewhere (ie, believing you are an American, first, rather than an Aryan or a Frank or a Slav or whatever your ethnic/tribal descent is).
http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p_ml...628_index.html for example as it refers to China specifically.