Communist China
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3.6
- proper noun
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China Comunista
- We have seen our jobs and economy hijacked by Communist China over the last decade.
- negotiate with Communist China
- Communist China's history
Examples
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At the end of 1986, for the first time in Communist China's history, a popular bottom-up movement occurred nationwide.
Academic text (1992) -
Globalization is forcing America to become something "new" mainly because of Communist China.
Blog text (25) -
Leadership in America is working with that in mind because Communist China is financing America.
Blog text (25) -
By the way, these military programs look the same in Communist China, Russia, Iran, Israel, the U.S., and India.
Blog text (21) -
Laws identified with those of Communist China were, in fact, used by the British in Hong Kong.
Academic text (1997) -
Indeed, Communist China had never witnessed mass protest in such a dramatic way.
Academic text (1998) -
Third, they are hampered by the fact that only Cuba has extended diplomatic recognition of Communist China.
Academic text (1997) -
The notion that a liberalizing Communist China no longer considered "class warfare" a priority has been dispelled by prevailing reality.
Academic text (1991) -
Totalitarianism, tyranny aided by modern technology, is associated with Nazi Germany, Stalin's Soviet Union, and Mao's Communist China.
Academic text (1991) -
October 1 marks 70 years since the founding of Communist China.
Synonyms
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1.0
A large country in East Asia with more people than any other country
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2.1
The official name of China, a communist country with the world's biggest population
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4.7
A short form of the name People's Republic of China
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7.6
China when it was ruled by a communist government, a name Western writers used in the past
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is compositionally derived: 'communist' modifies 'China' to indicate the China governed by a communist party, so a learner who knows both words can infer this political/organizational sense. This construction is cross-linguistically common (e.g., Spanish 'China comunista'), making it readily understandable to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Communist China is a name that points to China being ruled by the Communist party after 1949. So, the phrase came to 'mean' the country under Communist rule.