Choong sounded rather of an offensive term and so I blinked.
Doesn't matter what China calls itself. To me, it is not the Middle Country, but the country to the North and North East!

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"Some have learnt many Tricks of sly Evasion, Instead of Truth they use Equivocation, And eke it out with mental Reservation, Which is to good Men an Abomination."
I don't have to attend every argument I'm invited to.
HAKUNA MATATA