“The other” is a recognition and construction for examining, improving, and transcending oneself. Since its inception, Chinese civilization has been “the other” civilization for Western civilization. In the long historical process of discourse progression, the image of China as “the other” has evolved from a beautiful myth to one of hostility, and then to varying degrees of praise and criticism. China is an indispensable civilizational subject in human history, and its customs, traditions, values, beliefs, institutions, and concepts have become objects of scrutiny by the West. The West has constructed specific discourse expressions through different roles, perspectives, and standpoints to achieve self-examination, self-cognition, self-reflection, and self-transcendence. Chinese modernization, as the contemporary emergence of a Western “other” civilization, represents the phoenix-like renewal of the traditional, virtuous “other”, the shedding of feathers and rebirth from the backward “other” of modern times, and the sublation of civilization towards the contemporary “other”. To break out of the predicament of Western “other” civilization in the contemporary era, China must solidify its practical foundation for transcending Western “The Other” civilization traps, actively promote civilizational exchanges, mutual learning, and inclusiveness, and build a community with a shared future for mankind. At the same time, it must maintain strategic persistence and be courageous and adept at fighting.