●瞎子摸象式的認識中國
 
中國是什麼？中國有多大？歷史有多長？
 
中國在那裡？中國是敵人？
 
中國是祖國？我可以不當中國人嗎？我是中國人嗎？
 
全世界應該找不到一個國家像台灣一樣，一個國家認同那麼多元的國家了。
 
Everyone thinks they know China, but who really knows China?
 
What is China? How big is it? How long is its history? Where is it?
 
Is China my enemy? Is China the mother/fatherland?
 
Can I not be a Chinese? Am I Chinese?
 
There can’t possibly be another country where the people have such a diversity of opinions about their identity.
 
●以老子肚臍為中央的國度
 
「中國」字面意思是「中央之國」最早出現在公元前11世紀的青銅器上。當時周朝的人心目中其統治的國家「居天地之中」而環繞在外的民族是「居天地之偏」稱為「四夷」。
 
A country centered around one’s navel?
 
The Chinese characters for “China” literally mean “middle kingdom” or “country at the center” and first appeared on bronze implements dating from the 11th century BC. At that time, the rulers of the Zhou Dynasty believed that their country or kingdom was nested or “resided in between heaven and earth”, whereas the peoples residing in the periphery or even outside of this kingdom were collectively known as the “four barbarians”.
 
●吹噓出來的古國
 
四大文明古國最初是梁啟超提的，梁啟超在其寫於1900年的《二十世紀太平洋歌》中，認為「地球上古文明祖國有四：中國、印度、埃及、小亞細亞是也」。其實這種自吹自壘的說法是有爭議的。
 
The Blustering Boast of being an “Ancient Country”
 
Four ancient civilizations were first mentioned by Liang Qichao, “20th Century Pacific Song” written in 1900: “there are four ancient civilizations on earth: China, India, Egypt, and Asia Minor.” Actually this self-aggrandizing view is highly controversial.