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Greater China (Chinese: 大中华)，is a multi-dimensional conceptual framework that describes a geographic, economic, and cultural community bonded by Chinese culture and ethnic Chinese populations. It refers, in its narrow sense, to the four Chinese territories across the Taiwan Strait, namely the mainland of the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong SAR of China, Macao SAR of China, and the Republic of China (Taiwan). In its broader definition, it also encompasses Singapore and other Southeast Asian countries with significant Chinese populations[1].
This is an unofficial academic and commercial term that emphasizes cultural identity rather than political sovereignty, aiming to create a common discourse space beyond political divisions based on shared written language and other cultural commonalities.
- ^ 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).