MAINLANDCHINA
Mainland China
Mainland China, Chinese mainland or simply the mainland, is a geographical and political term to describe the geopolitical area under the direct jurisdiction of the People's Republic of China . It generally excludes the PRC Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau. The term "mainland China", which avoids calling the area simply "China" and thereby recognizing the founding of People's Republic of China as the "China", was coined by the Kuomintang after it took control of Taiwan, particularly after 1949, when the KMT-led Republic of China government was defeated in the Chinese ...The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Mainland China
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