MIDDLE KINGDOM: Another Center-Periphery Debate

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Bhäraté: Do most Chinese imagine they are at the center of all things?

An-Yi:   (surprised) Perhaps, but every point on the surface of a sphere can claim to be its center.

Bhäraté: Perhaps, but I sense a growing undercurrent of arrogance in China.

Satoru:  (laughing) Don't be naive – every nation is arrogant in its own way.

An-Yi:   Besides, most nations are less monolithic than we imagine.

Chariya: (entering a trance) . . . Friends, dialogs like this can go on forever. 
         However, our time on earth is short. Is this the best way to spend it?

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from _Pan-Asian Pulses: Poetry, Art, and Dialogs about Asia_ by T Newfields 
SUMMARY: An abstract image of a centered image telescoped to infinity and conversation about China. 
KEYWORDS: mandala for conservation, ethno-centrism, Sino-centric awareness, Royaume Moyen, dialogic thinking

Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955) 
Begun: 2001 in Nagoya, Japan  ≜ Finished: 2021 in Yokohama, Japan 
Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted 

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