East and west/all is relative
I always thought of Cambodia as to the west (because of VietNam). But to the Thais, it is East. All these notions are relative, the Far East and the Far West are products of eurocentrism. To an Asian, the Far East could be Boston and the Far West Brittany, Morocco, Senegal, or Iceland.
posted by kingba at 3:42 PM
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I also wish it were relative but then Rudyard Kipling , the Nobel Laureate who was born in India had to write :
"Oh, East is East and West Is West And never the twain shall meet.... "
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