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one country, two systems

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.89 in modern English

Syllables
one -coun-try, t-wo sys-tems
IPA
33
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

The mainland Chinese policy for the reunification of China as one country, with areas like Hong Kong, Macau and (unilaterally and prospectively) Taiwan with separate economic and political systems.

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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).

Questions

What does one country, two systems mean?
The mainland Chinese policy for the reunification of China as one country, with areas like Hong Kong, Macau and (unilaterally and prospectively) Taiwan with separate economic and political systems.
Where does one country, two systems come from?
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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