China

Photos:

1. Choir on The Great Wall of China
2. Hong Kong from the peak on a summer’s night
3. Ming Shi Tian Yuan, Guangxi, China 宁静、优美的 - 明仕田园

Wikipedia:

China is called Zhongguo (中國 or 中国) in Chinese. The character zhōng (中) means “middle” or “central,” while guó (国 or 國) means “state”. The term can be literally translated into English as “Central Kingdom” or “Central Country” , the less accurate translations are “Middle Country” and “Middle Kingdom”. Scholar Chen Jian states:

“I believe that ‘Central Kingdom’ is a more accurate translation for ‘Zhong Guo’ (China) than ‘Middle Kingdom’. The term ‘Middle Kingdom’ does not imply that China is superior to other peoples and nations around it — China just happens to be located in the middle geographically; the term ‘Central Kingom’, however, implies that China is superior to any other people and nation ‘under the heaven’ and that it thus occupies a ‘central’ position in the known universe.” (Mao’s China and the Cold War. UNC Press.)

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China

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