translation.en: So no matter what the lines on the map tell you in terms of nations and borders, what you really have emerging in the far east are national cultures, but in a much more fluid, imperial zone.
translation.zh: 因此不管地图上的分界线是如何区隔 出国家和划出疆界的， 在远东地区正在呈现的 国家文化， 却是在一个流动的帝国区域里互通的。