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Jiang glosses the term as Middle Kingdom and uses it to explain a civilizational orientation toward being a center rather than a conquering periphery.
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Zhongguo
A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "So you know, China, the Mandarin is Zhongguo, which means Middle Kingdom. And the idea is that China is a center of the universe...."
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "So you know, China, the Mandarin is Zhongguo, which means Middle Kingdom. And the idea is that China is a center of the universe...."
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Jiang says China's historical self-understanding as Zhongguo or the Middle Kingdom inclines it toward trade and border security more than external domination.
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"So you know, China, the Mandarin is Zhongguo, which means Middle Kingdom. And the idea is that China is a center of the universe...."
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