English Explanatory Dictionary

one country, two systems

English dictionary entry

Meanings

phrase
  1. Policy for the reunification of China as one country, but with areas like Hong Kong and Taiwan with separate economic and political systems.

Word forms

one country, two systems

Etymology

Coined by Chinese politician and paramount leader from 1978 to 1989 Deng Xiaoping in 1982 as part of the Red China proposal to reunify Taiwan. Calque of Chinese 一國兩制 /一国两制 (yī guó liǎng zhì).

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