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China proper

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Also known as Han territory, Inner China

geopolitical term of China

Key facts

Traditional chinese
中國本土
Simplified chinese
中国本土
Hanyu pinyin
zhōngguó běntǔ
Literal meaning
China proper
Wade giles
Chung Kuo Pen T'u

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

Framed by a dotted line, the provinces of "China proper". This definition excludes Inner Mongolia, Northeast China (Inner Manchuria), Taiwan, Tibet, and Xinjiang. Map of Asia from 1796, with China proper coloured in yellow as "China"

Alternative Chinese name Traditional Chinese中國本部 Simplified Chinese中国本部

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “China proper” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.