Because Chinese believe that they are in the center of the earth ages ago. Anyone outside China was considered by Chinese as barbarians.

中国 is the short name of 中华人民共和国，the People's Republic of China. 中=the middle of Yellow River Vally 华=华(夏) 夏(xia)=the ancient people of China,lived 中(the middle of Yellow River Vally ) WE,Chinese are the descendants of 夏.or 炎黄子孙(炎+黄 are our father) VERY good question, about the original of China,the beginning of China. It's a long story, even though in China, there are many different opinions,try to explain,not easy.

yeah, zhou is right. Because chinese believed that they were in the center of the earth. Just like western thought, earth was the center of space. Same here. That's why.中 means center, middle. that's why. 国 means country. 中国 means this coutry is right in the center of the earth.

Thousand years before China thought that it was the centre of the world which actuallt indicated the Euroasia continent and considered others( especially Huns) barbarians. Thats why it got the name 中国--the central country. While nowadays 中国 is the short of 中（华人民共和）国--The People's Republic of China.

中国 is the short name of 中华人民共和国，the People's Republic of China.