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China at the Center of the World


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China's Classroom Maps Put the Middle Kingdom at the Center of the World

"China" (zhong guo) is made up of the Chinese characters for middle (中) and country (国). Dating back to around 1000 BCE, inhabitants of what is now China believed their empire to be the Middle Kingdom, as in, at the middle of all of Earth. Indeed, that sentiment prevailed to some extent right up until the past few decades, and some would argue that the Chinese government still teaches its children that China is the center of the world. At leasts, its maps suggest as much.

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American made maps do the same thing with the continental United States.

And makes Australia look smaller than it is.

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Zhong means a lot more than just 'middle'

zhōng >

within

among

in middle

center

while (doing sth)

during

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