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[-] mickey@hexbear.net 17 points 4 days ago

China has many contemporary and historical designations given in various languages for the East Asian country known as 中国; 中國; Zhōngguó ('Central State' or 'Middle Kingdom') in Standard Chinese, a form based on the Beijing dialect of Mandarin. Names of China

I mean it's right there in the name. This is just a return to equilibrium from the disordered state we've been experiencing as a result of European overseas expansion and capitalism.

[-] LaughingLion@hexbear.net 2 points 4 days ago
[-] mickey@hexbear.net 2 points 4 days ago

I don't get it but I bet this would slap if I knew the i-ching.

[-] LaughingLion@hexbear.net 2 points 3 days ago

yi is the mandarin word for barbarians

sometimes youll see people joke that america is the "land of the yi"

[-] mickey@hexbear.net 2 points 3 days ago

Ah I see. That's a good one. I mean they're not wrong.

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