"So then why are the original inhabitants of the Americas called Indians, and not Chinese?"
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Yeah... well, first of all, it would seem you need to go back and read your own comment to understand that you are looking for a global answer while squinting through the pinhole of your own mistaken context.. Was it not obvious that this writer quoted an authoritative reference?
Pick-up a history, circa public school edition, and figure it out by all by your lonesome.

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