Discuss China in terms of being the "MIDDLE KINGDOM," Population growth issues, and industralization.

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The term "middle kingdom" is the translation of the Chinese word which literally means "middle kingdom"

or "central country." As with most countries, the Chinese tendency was to view themselves as superior to and more advanced

than their neighbors. They believed they had been specially chosen to enjoy dominion over neighboring lands. The term Middle

Kingdom itself dates from between 1000 to 600 B.C. We see a resurgence in this concept of being the central country in China

today. Their strong position economically, their growing military strength and their antagonism toward Taiwan are all viewed with

some apprehension by their immediate neighbors and by the world at large.

Most believe that China was slow to industrialize. That it could have done so a lot faster. Eventually all of those developed

nations shifted from working on agriculture to skilled manufacturers who worked in facilities. The only thing that seemed to hold

China back was the fact that there policies favored agriculture. Working with their hands doing manual labor on the land had

always been good to them. Many great historians give credit to the different belief systems that both China and Europe, their late

arrival into industrialization against that of Britain and other European countries.

China in Mandarin Chinese in called Zhangguo, this really means “Middle Kingdom” when it is translated into English.

The term Zhanggou originated from the Zhou dynasty’s belief that China was the center of civilizations in there part of the world,

in which they truly were. They were not aware that in the western hemisphere of the world there were civilizations as well. It was

not until the 1900’s that