The Study of China in Universities: A Comparative Case Study of Australia and the United Kingdom
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Definition of Terms

The following definitions are provided to clarify certain terms used in this book, since these particular terms can have multiple meanings.

  • The word China has several meanings and has been a topic of sometimes heated political debate over many years. The definition of China for purposes of this book encompasses both geographical and political China. Geographical China refers to the physical space of China, often described as mainland China. Political China refers to the China known as the political entity People’s Republic of China (PRC) and its current government.
  • The word China can also mean cultural China, and I have used that term to include all of the Chinese cultures and traditions created, practiced, and interpreted by people of Chinese ethnic origin from Greater China and its diaspora around the world. In this sense, it is more closely related to the wider scope of “Sino” rather than the narrower definition of China that is often taken as simply the geographical and political China of the PRC that began in 1949. The words Greater China are also used to refer to mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.
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