Greater China

English Proper noun Greater China The whole territory of China, including China proper, Tibet, Manchuria, Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia. en 1920 John H. Finley; William Peterson; Edward Parrott Nelson's Perpetual Loose-Leaf Encyclopædia: An International Work of Reference Thomas Nelson and Sons New York 3 90 https://www.google.com/books/edition/Nelson_s_Perpetual_Loose_leaf_Encyclopae/aVNHAQAAMAAJ?gbpv=1&pg=PA90 Greater China is traversed by two immense mountain systems, which have their rise in the plateau of the Pamirs (q.v.), and which throw off numerous chains as they cross the continent. en October 1959 Geographpic Regions of Asia: South and East G. Etzel Pearcy U.S. Department of State 8 https://www.google.com/books/edition/Geographic_Regions_of_Asia_South_and_Eas/0hrK1hV_1wEC?gbpv=1&pg=PA8 Google Books The vast area of Greater China in its traditional sense holds within it five politicogeographic regions that have survived for centuries in one form or another and are still known today: Manchuria, Mongolia, Sinkiang, Tibet, and China Proper. en 1996 Agnes Gaudu Tibet: 1995--the year of anniversaries Australia & World Affairs 1033-6192 28 https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=9605081135&lang=en-gb&site=eds-live&scope=site EBSCOhost Is there any way out of this impasse? Seemingly, the Chinese government thinks that economic development and economic-cultural integration of the region within Greater China will stifle the demands for autonomy. But, can the sirens of wealth from Beijing arrive in time to exorcize the growing nationalist feelings in Tibet? en 2022 Alessandra Ferrer The Republic of China's Fantasy Frontier: Shifting Portrayals of Mongolia in the Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Commission 10.4000/chinaperspectives.14413 China Perspectives 2070-3449 131 50 MTAC publications largely consist of pseudo-scholarly articles and books on the history, geography, politics, and, increasingly in later decades, culture of Mongolia, Tibet, and/or other ethnic groups within Greater China. The historic territories of China or its tributary states, or the imagined future territories of China, including e.g. Taiwan, Outer Mongolia, Indochina, and Outer Manchuria. en October 1954 Chester Bowles A Fresh Look at Free Asia 10.2307/20031075 Foreign Affairs 0015-7120 33 1 55 Council on Foreign Relations Chinese imperial power for centuries exacted tribute from much of what is now Burma and Indo-China, and Chinese Communist maps today include these areas in "greater China." en April 2017 John M. Friend; Bradley A. Thayer The Rise of Han-Centrism and What It Means for International Politics 10.1111/sena.12223 Studies In Ethnicity & Nationalism 1473-8481 17 1 98 Wiley According to this understanding, not only are Taiwan, Tibet, the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), and Hong Kong part of ‘Greater China’, but also the islands and shoals of the South China Sea – anything within the nine-dash line. For the most extreme, even parts of Korea are included, specifically the territory of the ancient proto-Korean Kingdom of Goguryeo, 37 BC–AD 668 (Chase 2011; Horesh et al. 2014; Yahuda 2013), which, as Gries (2005b) points out, has more to do with national identity, specifically defining the ingroup and Chinese superiority (‘big brother status’) than political, economic, or security reasons. en 2025 Reconsidering the East Asian Peace: Confluences, Regional Characteristics and Societal Transformations William R. Thompson; Thomas J. Volgy 978-1-032-76523-5 Routledge Benjamin Miller Explaining the Rising Chinese Nationalist Revisionism: Implications for Regional Stability 10.4324/9781003478867-7 143 https://www.google.com/books/edition/Reconsidering_the_East_Asian_Peace/9dwLEQAAQBAJ?gbpv=1&pg=PA143 Google Books The Chinese nationalist revisionism aims at expansion beyond its current borders while taking control of new territories which it claims should belong to “Greater China” based on historical and/or demographic claims. en economics Majority Chinese-speaking territories in East Asia taken as a whole. en 3 August 1992 Andrew Tanzer Greater China, greater profits Forbes 0015-6914 150 3 84 https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f6h&AN=9208031011&lang=en-gb&site=eds-live&scope=site EBSCOhost [Robert] Theleen's theme is investing with entrepreneurs in "Greater China"—by which he means the region of 120 million Chinese encompassing Taiwan, Hong Kong and China's two southern provinces of Guangdong and Fujian, all of which are rapidly becoming one integrated economy. en 2005 Richard R. Gesteland Cross-Cultural Business Behavior: Negotiating, Selling, Sourcing and Managing Across Cultures 87-630-0149-7 Copenhagen Business School Press 4 Communicating Across The Great Divide 41 http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2016090848117?page=44 National Library of Norway Less obvious are the differences between cultures that are located fairly close together on the continuum. For example, let's look at Greater China: the constellation of the PRC, Hong Kong (culturally distinct from the rest of China) and Taiwan. en 2017 2014 Akiko Higashimura Sarah Alys Lindholm Princess Jellyfish 海月姫<tr:Kuragehime> omnibus vol. 7 74 307 9781682339985 Kodansha Comics It's hard to sell designs with colors and patterns in Japan, but in Greater China, these types of designs sell well. ja:[日本](にほん)では[色](いろ)や[柄](がら)があるデザインが[売](う)れにくいんだけど[中華圏](ちゅうかけん)だとこうゆうデザインの[売](う)り[上](あ)げがいいんです en April 2026 iPhone dominates: Installed base and China sales hit all–time highs Mac Life 1935-4010 243 5 https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aci&AN=191682639&lang=en-gb&site=eds-live&scope=site EBSCOhost Apple's own quarterly report shows iPhone revenues in Greater China, after three years of decline, rose an amazing 38% year–over–year in the December quarter, and now account for roughly one–fifth of Apple's total global sales. Translations economics: majority Chinese-speaking territories in East Asia taken as a whole Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 大中華區 dàzhōnghuáqū