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'''Greater China''' is a controversial term used by some politicians and Chinese scholars that usually encompasses [[mainland China]], [[Hong Kong]], [[Macau]], [[Taiwan]] and may include other [[overseas Chinese]] communities throughout the world, notably [[Singapore]] because these places attract many Chinese emigrants.<ref name="Journal1">{{Cite journal|title=The concept of greater China in higher education: adoptions, dynamics and implications|journal = Comparative Education|volume = 52|pages = 26–43|last=William|first=Yat Wai Lo|doi=10.1080/03050068.2015.1125613|year = 2016|quote=This term can be narrowly defined as referring to a geographic concept that consists of the People's Republic of China, the Republic of China, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Macau Special Administrative Region, where ethnic Chinese comprise the majority of the population. In this sense, the term is used to describe the ethnic and the associated political, economic and cultural ties among these Chinese societies (Harding 1993; Cheung 2013).}}</ref><ref name="Journal2">{{Cite journal|last=William|first=Yat Wai Lo|year=2016|title=The concept of greater China in higher education: adoptions, dynamics and implications|journal=Comparative Education|volume=52|pages=26–43|doi=10.1080/03050068.2015.1125613|quote=However, some analysts see the Greater China concept as a way to summarise ‘the linkages among the fair-flung international Chinese community’, thereby incorporating Singapore and overseas Chinese communities in their usage of the term (Harding 1993, 660; also see Wang 1993).}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Harding|first=Harry|date=December 1993|title=The Concept of "Greater China": Themes, Variations and Reservations*|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/china-quarterly/article/concept-of-greater-china-themes-variations-and-reservations/FAED34F84F7A8CF25CB3328991218293|journal=The China Quarterly|language=en|volume=136|pages=660–686|doi=10.1017/S030574100003229X|issn=1468-2648|via=}}</ref> |
'''Greater China''' is a controversial term used by some politicians and Chinese scholars that usually encompasses [[mainland China]], [[Hong Kong]], [[Macau]], [[Taiwan]] and may include other [[overseas Chinese]] communities throughout the world, notably [[Singapore]] because these places attract many Chinese emigrants.<ref name="Journal1">{{Cite journal|title=The concept of greater China in higher education: adoptions, dynamics and implications|journal = Comparative Education|volume = 52|pages = 26–43|last=William|first=Yat Wai Lo|doi=10.1080/03050068.2015.1125613|year = 2016|quote=This term can be narrowly defined as referring to a geographic concept that consists of the People's Republic of China, the Republic of China, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Macau Special Administrative Region, where ethnic Chinese comprise the majority of the population. In this sense, the term is used to describe the ethnic and the associated political, economic and cultural ties among these Chinese societies (Harding 1993; Cheung 2013).}}</ref><ref name="Journal2">{{Cite journal|last=William|first=Yat Wai Lo|year=2016|title=The concept of greater China in higher education: adoptions, dynamics and implications|journal=Comparative Education|volume=52|pages=26–43|doi=10.1080/03050068.2015.1125613|quote=However, some analysts see the Greater China concept as a way to summarise ‘the linkages among the fair-flung international Chinese community’, thereby incorporating Singapore and overseas Chinese communities in their usage of the term (Harding 1993, 660; also see Wang 1993).}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Harding|first=Harry|date=December 1993|title=The Concept of "Greater China": Themes, Variations and Reservations*|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/china-quarterly/article/concept-of-greater-china-themes-variations-and-reservations/FAED34F84F7A8CF25CB3328991218293|journal=The China Quarterly|language=en|volume=136|pages=660–686|doi=10.1017/S030574100003229X|issn=1468-2648|via=}}</ref> |
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However, some Taiwanese do not consider themselves to be a part of Greater China due to the rise of [[Taiwanese nationalism]] and [[Taiwan independence movement]].<ref name="Taiwan Business TOPICS 2018">{{cite web | title=Does Taiwan Belong In "Greater China?" | website=Taiwan Business TOPICS | date=2018-05-16 | url=https://topics.amcham.com.tw/2018/05/does-taiwan-belong-in-greater-china/ | access-date=2020-03-22}}</ref><ref name="JSTOR">{{cite journal | jstor=2620593 | title=China and Taiwan: Not Yet 'Greater China' | last1=Crane | first1=George T. | journal=International Affairs (Royal Institute of International Affairs 1944-) | year=1993 | volume=69 | issue=4 | pages=705–723 }}</ref><ref name="National Sun Yat-Sen University">{{cite web | author=Jeanette Ka-yee Yuen | title=The Myth of Greater China? Hong Kong as a prototype of Taiwan for Unification | website=Taiwan in Comparative Perspective | date=2020-03-22 | url=http://archive.is/Jgq9F | access-date=2020-03-22 | issn=1752-7732 | others=Taiwan Research Programme, London School of Economics}}</ref> |
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Greater China is a controversial term used by some politicians and Chinese scholars that usually encompasses mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan and may include other overseas Chinese communities throughout the world, notably Singapore because these places attract many Chinese emigrants.[2][3][4]
However, some Taiwanese do not consider themselves to be a part of Greater China due to the rise of Taiwanese nationalism and Taiwan independence movement.[5][6][7]
Usage
Commercial usage
Multinational corporations frequently use the term to name their regional headquarters. For example, P&G uses it to name its regional headquarter in Guangzhou that also operates in Hong Kong and Taipei.[8] Apple uses it for its regional headquarter in Shanghai.[9][10]
Academic usage
Universities among other research institutions such as Columbia University use the term for studies of the region.[11]
Political usage
The term is often used to avoid invoking sensitivities over the political status of Taiwan.[12]
History
In the 1930s George Cressey used it to refer to the entire Chinese Empire, as opposed to China proper.[13] Usage by the United States on government maps in the 1940s as a political term included territories claimed by the Republic of China that were part of the previous empire, or geographically to refer to topographical features associated with China that may or may not have lain entirely within Chinese political borders.[13]
The concept began to appear again in Chinese-language sources in the late 1970s, referring the growing commercial ties between the mainland and Hong Kong, with the possibility of extending these to Taiwan, with perhaps the first such reference being in a Taiwanese journal Changqiao in 1979.[13][verification needed]
The English term subsequently re-emerged in the 1980s to refer to the growing economic ties between the regions as well as the possibility of political unification.[13] It is not an institutionalized entity such as the EU or ASEAN. The concept is a generalization to group several markets seen to be closely linked economically and does not imply sovereignty.[12]
Controversy
For some Asians[who?], the term is a reminder of the "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere", a euphemism for the region controlled by Imperial Japan during the Second World War.[14]
Former Foreign Minister of China Wu Xueqian claimed in 1995 that China rejects the idea of a "Greater China economic circle" as it would never resort to economic expansionism or be involved in dividing the world.[1]
Some Taiwanese don't believe themselves to be a part of greater China as it gives impression that Taiwan is part of China.[5][6][7]
See also
References
- ^ a b Henry Yuhuai He (2001). Dictionary of the Political Thought of the People's Republic Of China. M.E. Sharpe. p. 48. ISBN 978-0-7656-0569-6. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- ^ William, Yat Wai Lo (2016). "The concept of greater China in higher education: adoptions, dynamics and implications". Comparative Education. 52: 26–43. doi:10.1080/03050068.2015.1125613.
This term can be narrowly defined as referring to a geographic concept that consists of the People's Republic of China, the Republic of China, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Macau Special Administrative Region, where ethnic Chinese comprise the majority of the population. In this sense, the term is used to describe the ethnic and the associated political, economic and cultural ties among these Chinese societies (Harding 1993; Cheung 2013).
- ^ William, Yat Wai Lo (2016). "The concept of greater China in higher education: adoptions, dynamics and implications". Comparative Education. 52: 26–43. doi:10.1080/03050068.2015.1125613.
However, some analysts see the Greater China concept as a way to summarise 'the linkages among the fair-flung international Chinese community', thereby incorporating Singapore and overseas Chinese communities in their usage of the term (Harding 1993, 660; also see Wang 1993).
- ^ Harding, Harry (December 1993). "The Concept of "Greater China": Themes, Variations and Reservations*". The China Quarterly. 136: 660–686. doi:10.1017/S030574100003229X. ISSN 1468-2648.
- ^ a b "Does Taiwan Belong In "Greater China?"". Taiwan Business TOPICS. 2018-05-16. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
- ^ a b Crane, George T. (1993). "China and Taiwan: Not Yet 'Greater China'". International Affairs (Royal Institute of International Affairs 1944-). 69 (4): 705–723. JSTOR 2620593.
- ^ a b Jeanette Ka-yee Yuen (2020-03-22). "The Myth of Greater China? Hong Kong as a prototype of Taiwan for Unification". Taiwan in Comparative Perspective. Taiwan Research Programme, London School of Economics. ISSN 1752-7732. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
- ^ "P&G in Greater China". www.pgcareers.com. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ "Isabel Ge Mahe named Apple's managing director of Greater China". Apple Newsroom. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ Mickle, Andrew Dowell and Tripp (14 March 2020). "Apple Closes All Its Stores Outside China Over Coronavirus". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ "Greater China - Weatherhead East Asian Institute". weai.columbia.edu. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ a b Aretz, Tilman (2007). The greater China factbook. Taipei: Taiwan Elite Press. ISBN 978-986-7762-97-9. OCLC 264977502. Archived from the original on 2009-01-31.
- ^ a b c d Harding, Harry (December 1993). "The Concept of 'Greater China': Themes, Variations and Reservations". The China Quarterly. 136 (136, Special Issue: Greater China): 660–686. doi:10.1017/S030574100003229X.
- ^ Shambaugh, David (December 1993). "Introduction: The Emergence of 'Greater China'". The China Quarterly (136, Special Issue: Greater China): 654.