China proper

Proper noun

Meaning

A map of China Proper, Manchuria, Mongolia, Sinkiang, and Tibet in 1944.
China proper

China excluding Inner Mongolia, Manchuria, Mongolia, Taiwan, Tibet, Tuva, and Xinjiang.

China Proper

Alternative form of China proper

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

mainland China

Examples

In September 1931, its forces invaded then Chinese-controlled Manchuria, an undertaking that soon enough morphed into a very large and brutal armed conflict with China proper in which the United States participated on a proxy basis. Source: Internet

First, the Manchus had entered "China proper" because Dorgon responded decisively to Wu Sangui's appeal. Source: Internet

It is said that only 2,700 of the 300,000 Sui soldiers who had crossed the Yalu survived to find their way back, and the Sui emperor now lifted the siege of Liao-tung Fortress and withdrew his forces to China proper. Source: Internet

The conquest of China proper was not completed until 1683 under the Kangxi Emperor (r. 1661–1722). Source: Internet

Near the end of the Qing Dynasty, there was an effort to extend the province system of China proper to the rest of the empire. Source: Internet

During the Han dynasty, territory of China was extended to most of the China proper and to areas far west. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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