OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 57259

Sinocentrism

/ˌsaɪnəʊˈsɛntɹɪzəm/
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sinocentrismo
The belief, held by the ancient Chinese, that China was literally the centre of the world.
The so-called ancient Chinese patriotism that has been repeatedly discussed by many people was only sinocentrism (huaxia zhongxing zhuyi).
Up to now, China's encounter with the West has more or less been exclusively researched under the perspective of Sinocentrism, both by Western and Chinese scholars. [...] Nobody, h…
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