Chinese Empire

American  

noun

1. China under the rule of various imperial dynasties, including China proper and other domains, as Manchuria, Mongolia, Sinkiang, and Tibet: replaced by a republic in January, 1912.

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Chinese Empire British  

noun

1. China as ruled by the emperors until the establishment of the republic in 1911–12

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Etymology

Origin of Chinese Empire

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

If that were the case, he suggested, Beijing would also be pushing to reclaim other so-called historic lands that once belonged to the Chinese empire.

From BBC

“So Hong Kong moves between the Chinese empire and the British empire, but loses its right to determine its own future,” she said.

From Seattle Times

“It’s not too much to require American index funds, university endowments, pensions, and venture capital firms to stop funding the expansion of the Chinese empire.”

From Washington Times

Its aim: restore the lost glory of the Chinese empire, which dominated East and Central Asia for nearly two thousand years until its humiliating defeat in the Opium Wars of the mid-19th century.

From Salon

China considers Taiwan a breakaway province that must be "reunified" with it to restore the territory controlled by the Chinese empire at its 19th-century apex.

From Washington Post