The land mass we call "America", or, North America does have a history of civilisation that reaches back more than 200+ years, but specifically the United States of America is only that old. So the dialogue is not wrong as Měi guó refers to "the USA" in the modern sense.
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August 21, 2015 at 10:01 PMThe land mass we call "America", or, North America does have a history of civilisation that reaches back more than 200+ years, but specifically the United States of America is only that old. So the dialogue is not wrong as Měi guó refers to "the USA" in the modern sense.