On Fri, 05 Jun 2009 07:15:16 -0500, George Shirley
> wrote:

>James Silverton wrote:
>> Andy wrote on Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:59:11 -0500:
>>
>>>> Andy wrote on Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:48:09 -0500:
>>>>
>>>>>> Some Chinese, a long time ago, thought that China was the
>>>>>> geographic & theological center "Middle" of the earth.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> And of course the Japanese creation myths are even more
>>>>>> regionally chauvinistic than the Chinese.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Not only is there a tendency of the human animal to think
>>>>>> its place is the center of the universe, but, according to
>>>>>> one theory, in an infinite and eternal universe, the center
>>>>>> is everywhere and there is no circumference.
>>>>
>>>>> But on any given day, there are more important people in New
>>>>> York City than anywhere else on earth.
>>>>
>>>>> That includes all the cabbies and Sabrett street hot dog
>>>>> vendors.
>>>>
>>>>> I suggest the "center" of the earth to be moved to "...New
>>>>> York City???"
>>>>
>>>> Have you ever looked at the Chinese character for China?
>>
>>> James,
>>
>>> No I haven't.
>>
>> It's an interesting exercise to track it down. Try
>> http://chineseculture.about.com/libr...characters.htm
>>
>> The rather simple character expresses the "center of the world" rather
>> well.
>
>Another website defines the two characters that make up the Chinese name
>for their country as "Central Kingdom." Derived from Qin, the original
>Chinese kingdom and later Emperor.

When you look at old maps, the area it was created in is the center of
the world. I don't fault the concept. When I go to google maps (or
any other type of map for that matter), I automatically make my area
the center of the world.

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