Original sentence: " The term "Middle Kingdom" does not imply that China is superior to other peoples and nations around it -- China just happens to be located in the middle geographically; the term "Central Kingom", however, implies that China is superior to any other people and nation "under the heaven" and that it thus occupies a "central" position in the known universe.I believe that "Central Kingdom" is a more accurate translation for "Zhong Guo" (China) than "Middle Kingdom.Regarding the accuracy of the translation, senior scholar Chen Jian writes:.The first character zhōng (中) means "central" or "middle" while guó (国 or 國) means "country" or "kingdom".The term can be literally translated into English as "Central Kingdom" or "Middle Kingdom"
Edited sentence: However, there have been arguments that it should be translated as "the Central Kingdom", based on the archaic meaning of the term Zhongguo as "center part [of the world]".The first character zhōng (中) means "central" or "middle" while guó (国 or 國) means "country" or "region".The term is commonly translated into English as "the Middle Kingdom"