Do you know geographically Китай is not China? Learning Russian is full of fun. The biggest fun is that you call China Китай and Chinese call Россия 俄羅斯,only when I started to learn Russian did I find that they are both wrong. It's so interesting because Китай was exactly a disappeared nation once located between China and Russia some 700 years ago.It was a powerful and vast nation which had scared Chinese emperor's shit out,because back then China was no more than a tiny area.It was around the era of Genghis Khan,when Mongolia was totally mad,and those nations such as Russia and China could do nothing but pray for god's mercy.I don't know why you call China Китай,perhaps this ancient empire was too dreadful to be forgotten.But honestly China is not dreadful at all,cause you know why?China's real name is not Китай or China or whatever.Historically it's real name should be 震旦(Шиндан),it sounds like boiled egg in Chinese.Hard boiled or soft boiled,for this I have no idea. On the other hand,we call Россия 俄羅斯(ОРОС),which should have been 羅斯(POC) if based on pronunciation.As you see there's an extra syllable "o" before "P".As to our Chinese dull ears it sounds like you have a sound "o" when you pronounce "Р".Thus finally it became 俄羅斯(ОРОС).In ancient time when our ears were not so dull,we called Россия 羅剎(Rakshasa),which was more accurate in pronunciation.However,since Rakshasa was technically a race from Hindu mythology, and it's believed to be a demonic race,which is not friendly to be used on a dear neighbor,thus we had changed it into 俄羅斯 some 300 years ago.But personally I prefer 羅剎 rather than 俄羅斯,cause it's mythological and sounds way more beautiful.