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Greater Chinaor the Greater China Regionis a term used to refer to mainlandChina, Hong Kong,MacauandTaiwanas a unity.[1]As a "hrase of the moment", therecise meaning is not entirely clear, and eole may use it for only the commercial tiesor only for the cultural actions. The term is not secifically olitical in usage! ties commonetween the geograhical regions, for instance Chinese#

language tele$ision, filmandmusicentertainment is commonly attriuted to e a culturalasect of "%reater China".[&][']The term is also used with referenceto usiness(economicde$eloment, such as Focus Taiwanreorting on "economicintegration in the %reater China region".[)]*sage of the term may also $ary as to thegeograhic regions it is meant to imly.

The term Greater Chinais generally used for referring to the cultural and economic tiesetween the rele$ant territories, and is not intended to imly so$ereignty. +ut to a$oid anyolitical connotation, the term Chinese-speaking worldorSinophoneworldis oftenused instead of Greater China.

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The ma of "China" in the 10)) Americanroaganda filmThe Battle of China,distinguishing"China roer" fromManchuria, "Mongolia" here %reater Mongoliaincluding oth the resent

country, theChinese ro$ince, andTu$a2, -in3iang modern 4in5iang2, andTiet.

The term was used at least as far ac3 as the 10'6s y%eorge Cresseyto refer to theentire Chinese 7mire, as oosed to China roer.[]*sage y the *nited -tates ongo$ernment mas in the 10)6s as a olitical term included territoriesclaimed y the/eulic of Chinathat were art of the re$ious emire, or geograhically to refer totoograhical features associated with China that may or may not ha$e lain entirelywithin Chinese olitical orders.[]The concet egan to aear again in Chinese#language sources in the late 1086s, referring the growing commercial ties etween themainland and Hong Kong, with the ossiility of e9tending these to Taiwan, with erhas

the first such reference eing in a Taiwanese 5ournal Changqiaoin 1080.[]

The 7nglishterm suse:uently re#emerged in the 10;6s to refer to the growing economic ties

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etween the regions as well as the ossiility of olitical unification.[]. The concet is a generali=ation togrou se$eral mar3ets seen to een closely lin3ed economically and does notimlyso$ereignty.[?]

A modern concetion of %reater China in yellow

Usage in finance[edit]umerous other e9amles e9ist.

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The term is often used to a$oid in$o3ing sensiti$ities o$er the olitical status of Taiwan.[?]-ome suorters of Chinese reunificationo5ect to the term as it imlies that "%reaterChina" is different from China. [citation needed]@or many Asians, the term is a reminder of the"%reater 7ast Asia Co#roserity -here", a euhemism for the region controlled ytheaanese 7mireduring the -econd Dorld Dar.[1&]

At the time the term started gaining currency in the 10;6s, it egan to meet witho5ections from those reresenting mainland Chinese interests. Ene scholar descriedtyical o5ectionsF[1']

From the national perspective, we reect the concept of a Greater China! From the legalperspective, we cannot mi up different nationals #simply$ %ecause they have the samelanguage and culture as we do ! ! ! #&imilarly$, most &outheast 'sian Chinese reect this

concept! #But$ Taiwan li(es this view of Greater China! )t is a %usiness concept tocapitali*e on China+s development! estern scholars see a stronger China and proect

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their own model %y eaggerating data on overseas-Chinese development! This pro%lemmust %e seen on the level of government-to-government relations! e see things as a%usiness matter! .verseas Chinese come not %ecause they are patriotic %ut %ecause ofinvestment %enefits! e need to clearly differentiate %etween those who are nationals,and those who are from overseas!

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