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one country, two systems

Phrase CEFR C2

Definitions

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

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Examples

“The principle of “one country, two systems” was first proposed by Deng Xiaoping in the early 1980s as way to reconcile the communist mainland with historically Chinese territories—Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau—that had capitalist economies.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

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