• xionzui
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    1 year ago

    The point is they very much care about the perception of the rest of the world. Your idea of what is comparable there is a little too literal

    • naturalgasbad@lemmy.ca
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      A name is a name. The Chinese name for America is 美国 (meiguo, “beautiful nation”). The English name for 中国 is China. A name makes no indication of ownership, unless you’re suggesting the British still hold power over India?