"Europe is small" meaning that its parts (countries) are smaller than China as a whole...
It shows a skewed point of view or - I'd prefer - an improvised answer to avoid historical grievances that are fueled by nationalist interests (100 years of humiliation) that would have been rude.
It shows even more than Europe is not considered as 1 political entity in in China nor in the UK (for obvious reasons...)
Funny !
"Europe is small" meaning that its parts (countries) are smaller than China as a whole...
It shows a skewed point of view or - I'd prefer - an improvised answer to avoid historical grievances that are fueled by nationalist interests (100 years of humiliation) that would have been rude.
It shows even more than Europe is not considered as 1 political entity in in China nor in the UK (for obvious reasons...)