Definitions

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  • proper noun A term used in some circles for commercial, cultural and sometimes political purposes to define Chinese speaking countries combined, including mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan and sometimes Singapore

Etymologies

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Called so to distinguish it from China proper.

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Examples

  • Functionally the term Greater China is exactly like Greater Germany -- simply an announcement of imperial dreams.

    East Asian, Popular Democracy, and Military Strategy Changes Michael Turton 2007

  • They paid upfronts, are committed to run two controlled clinical trials which ACCP designs and monitors, and they pay a royalty on sales (this is all for Greater China, which is defined as China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau).

    American Chronicle 2009

  • They paid upfronts, are committed to run two controlled clinical trials which ACCP designs and monitors, and they pay a royalty on sales (this is all for Greater China, which is defined as China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau).

    American Chronicle 2009

  • They paid upfronts, are committed to run two controlled clinical trials which ACCP designs and monitors, and they pay a royalty on sales (this is all for Greater China, which is defined as China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau).

    American Chronicle 2009

  • They paid upfronts, are committed to run two controlled clinical trials which ACCP designs and monitors, and they pay a royalty on sales (this is all for Greater China, which is defined as China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau).

    American Chronicle 2009

  • They paid upfronts, are committed to run two controlled clinical trials which ACCP designs and monitors, and they pay a royalty on sales (this is all for Greater China, which is defined as China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau).

    American Chronicle 2009

  • They paid upfronts, are committed to run two controlled clinical trials which ACCP designs and monitors, and they pay a royalty on sales (this is all for Greater China, which is defined as China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau).

    American Chronicle 2009

  • They paid upfronts, are committed to run two controlled clinical trials which ACCP designs and monitors, and they pay a royalty on sales (this is all for Greater China, which is defined as China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau).

    American Chronicle 2009

  • That group has been steadily declining since 2007, according to Jun Ma , Deutsche Bank's chief economist for Greater China.

    China's Rising Wages Propel U.S. Prices Shai Oster 2011

  • Ying Yi for The Wall Street Journal Oh Eng Lock The company also owns and operates a handful of other brands, including Din Tai Fung , which specializes in Taiwanese food, and RamenPlay, a brand of mid-end Japanese restaurants in Southeast Asia and China, as well as more than 20 food courts in Greater China under the Food Republic brand.

    Former banker's bread and butter business 2011

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