Etymology - Chinese

When Chinese think their golden age is Han and Tong, in additional to the mythological Wah Ha.  The neighbours remember Chinese differently.  The whole of Western world knows China as the land East of India by the name Cheen, ie Qin (2th century BC) famous with one of the first tyrants.  And the whole of Russophone knows China as the land South of the Steppes, Китай, Kitay, ie ruled by the Khitans (10th century AD).