mainland China
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mainland China¹
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From mainland + China.
proper noun Mainland China
- The People's Republic of China, viewed as the general geographical region administered by the PRC in the aftermath of the Chinese Civil War (as opposed to Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan which are coastal and insular areas) Had my Government remained on the mainland, there would never have been such calamities as the Korean War and the Communist occupation of northern Korea and northern Indo-China. The place to begin combating Communism in Asia, therefore, is mainland China.
- Also used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see mainland, China. “Tourists could come to Hainan before going to places such as Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia and Singapore, and shop offshore duty-free products which could be directly delivered back home, each person can purchase as much as 100,000 yuan (US$15,255),” Shen said. Tourists from Southeast Asian countrie
Mainland China²
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- Alternative letter-case form of mainland China Under this strategy we would mine the major harbors and, perhaps, bomb port facilities and even consider blockade. In addition, we would attack systematically the rail lines between Hanoi and Mainland China.
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name the People's Republic of China as understood by its geographical position
| Español | China continental |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 중국 대륙 Jungguk daeryuk |
| 日本語 | 中国大陸 Chūgoku tairiku |
| 中文 | 中國大陸 /中国大陆 Zhōngguó dàlù, 中國內地 /中国内地 Zhōngguó nèidì, 大陸 /大陆 dàlù, 內地 /内地 nèidì |
| Kiswahili | Uchina Bara |
| Português | China Continental |
| Français | Chine continentale |
| Deutsch | Festlandchina |
| Italiano | Cina continentale |
| Ελληνικά | ηπειρωτική Κίνα ipeirotikí Kína |
| Română | China Continentală |
| Русский | материко́вый Кита́й materikóvyj Kitáj, континента́льный Кита́й kontinentálʹnyj Kitáj |
| Tiếng Việt | Trung Quốc đại lục |
| العربية | بَرّ اَلصِّين اَلرَّئِيسِيّ barr aṣ-ṣīn ar-raʔīsiyy |
| עברית | סין היבשתית sin hayabashtít |
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title = {mainland China},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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