25 April 2016 - middle kingdom

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After middle age you thought I’d make a joke about China, but I won’t because “middle kingdom” is a polite mistranslation. More precise would be “central kingdom”, and every country is central and names itself, even Czechia. It is like the disbelief that AlphaGo could defeat Lee Sedol, another manifestation of the usual human exceptionalism.

clue:

The Czech Republic recently added the informal name Czechia.

give me a clue so sweet and true

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