Classical and modern prejudice..

Cam Slater put a map of the world from an american viewpoint. But I prefer this one. It’s classical: it’s chinese, it;s ancient.

world-according-to-ancient-china

And this one, which is modern, and fairly accurate.

From Tsvetkov’s atlas of prejudice

As an aside, the overseas chinese have moved a bit beyond the classical view, but I have a suspicion the courtiers of the current chairman of the party, or the appointed red emperor, have not. And the euroskeptics are winning the argument in the shires of England.

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