Greater China

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.

1959 October 29, G. Etzel Pearcy, Geographpic Regions of Asia: South and East, U.S. Department of State, via Google Books, page 8

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?

1996, Agnes Gaudu, “Tibet: 1995--the year of anniversaries”, in Australia & World Affairs, number 28, via EBSCOhost, →ISSN

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.

2022, Alessandra Ferrer, “The Republic of China's Fantasy Frontier: Shifting Portrayals of Mongolia in the Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Commission”, in China Perspectives, number 131, →DOI, →ISSN, page 50

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.

2017 April 29, John M. Friend, Bradley A. Thayer, “The Rise of Han-Centrism and What It Means for International Politics”, in Studies In Ethnicity & Nationalism, volume 17, number 1, Wiley, →DOI, →ISSN, page 98

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.

2025, Benjamin Miller, “Explaining the Rising Chinese Nationalist Revisionism: Implications for Regional Stability”, in William R. Thompson, Thomas J. Volgy, editors, Reconsidering the East Asian Peace: Confluences, Regional Characteristics and Societal Transformations, Routledge, via Google Books, →DOI, →ISBN, page 143

[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.

1992 August 3, Andrew Tanzer, “Greater China, greater profits”, in Forbes, volume 150, number 3, via EBSCOhost, →ISSN, page 84

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.

2005, Richard R. Gesteland, “Communicating Across The Great Divide”, in Cross-Cultural Business Behavior: Negotiating, Selling, Sourcing and Managing Across Cultures, 4 edition, Copenhagen Business School Press, via National Library of Norway, →ISBN, page 41

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.

2026 April 29, “iPhone dominates: Installed base and China sales hit all–time highs”, in Mac Life, number 243, via EBSCOhost, →ISSN, page 5