More on "many nations of China"

By James Fallows

Two weeks ago, I mentioned Patrick Chovanec's Atlantic feature, "The Nine Nations of China," which included this map of regional differences within the country:

Shortly thereafter the Shanghaiist had a further riff on the theme, with maps of China representing the mental images of people from different parts of China. For instance, China as seen by people from Shanghai:

And according to people from Hong Kong:

The spirit is that of Steinberg's famous map of the USA as seen from Manhattan. Worth checking out.

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http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2009/11/more-on-many-nations-of-china/31035/