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The concept of Two Chinas refers to the political divide between the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of China (ROC). The PRC was established in 1949 by the Chinese Communist Party , while the ROC was founded in 1912 and retreated to Taiwan after losing the Chinese Civil War .
One nation, two states (simplified Chinese: 一国两府; traditional Chinese: 一國兩府; lit. 'one country, two governments') presuppose that China is "one country" (or "one nation") in cross-strait relations, but they want to recognize the political situation in which the government of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the government of the Republic of China (ROC) coexist.
The following is a list of countries and territories where Chinese is an official language.While those countries or territories that designate any variety of Chinese as an official language, as the term "Chinese" is considered a group of related language varieties rather than a homogeneous language, of which many are not mutually intelligible, in the context of the spoken language such ...
The extensive 1987 Language Atlas of China groups Chinese local varieties into the following units: [7] Supergroup (大区 dàqū ), of which there are but two: Mandarin and Min Group (区 qū ), corresponding to the varieties of Chinese of the ISO standard
Banner during a 2012 rally in Taipei. Translation: "Our Taiwan is not China. Taiwan and China, one country on each side." One Country on Each Side is a concept consolidated in the Democratic Progressive Party government led by Chen Shui-bian, the former president of the Republic of China (2000–2008), regarding the political status of Taiwan.
Chinese numerals are words and characters used to denote numbers in written Chinese. Today, speakers of Chinese languages use three written numeral systems : the system of Arabic numerals used worldwide, and two indigenous systems.
Old Chinese had two families of negation markers starting with *p-and *m-, respectively. [181] Northern and Central varieties tend to use a word from the first family, cognate with Beijing bù 不, as the ordinary negator. [60] A word from the second family is used as an existential negator 'have not', as in Beijing méi 沒 and Shanghai m 2. [182]
In 1961–62, there was a disagreement among senior officials of the Chinese Communist Party and the Chinese government on whether China should continue with the "Two Bombs, One Satellite" project. [18] Eventually, in November 1962, a central committee led by Zhou Enlai, Nie Rongzhen and others was established, and the project was carried on ...