CIA Define the World.

Link here to read more:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/xx.html

I was checking with dictionary online and accidentally it also showed the definition from CIA, I then was attracted by these three abbreviated letters and read on..

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World
Background Globally, the 20th century was marked by: (a) two devastating world wars; (b) the Great Depression of the 1930s; (c) the end of vast colonial empires; (d) rapid advances in science and technology, from the first airplane flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina (US) to the landing on the moon; (e) the Cold War between the Western alliance and the Warsaw Pact nations; (f) a sharp rise in living standards in North America, Europe, and Japan; (g) increased concerns about the environment, including loss of forests, shortages of energy and water, the decline in biological diversity, and air pollution; (h) the onset of the AIDS epidemic; and (i) the ultimate emergence of the US as the only world superpower. The planet's population continues to explode: from 1 billion in 1820, to 2 billion in 1930, 3 billion in 1960, 4 billion in 1974, 5 billion in 1988, and 6 billion in 2000. For the 21st century, the continued exponential growth in science and technology raises both hopes (e.g., advances in medicine) and fears (e.g., development of even more lethal weapons of war).
Map of World : as shown above.
The World Factbook 2005, by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

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When I live in Asia, I used to feel funny when I am reading book about the describing name of these: Near East, Middle East, East, Far East........ Where is the standing point of these locations being named?.............Where am I when I reading these names of locations?

When we read books published in Western world, we can always see the map layout like this. Which continents is closer to the concern of decision makers, or the book writer's consideration of story setting? In the begining, I felt sad of being left out. Now, I get used to with this and I think different when I get older.

Chinese proverb said: "Distance is farther, emperor is farther, controlling is farther." Today we might need to think distance keep safety between human's relationship, countries as well. I sometime just turning aroung to find another reason make myself happier to redefine the Westerner's point of view when I disagree with it.

Thank God give me the wisdom I need to rethink and redefinate something bothered me. When the outside world can't change, we change ourself.