Nationalist China

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noun

an unofficial name for (the Republic of) China

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Words nearby Nationalist China

national income, National Industrial Recovery Act, national insurance, nationalism, nationalist, Nationalist China, nationality, nationalization, nationalize, National Labor Relations Act, National Labor Relations Board

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How to use Nationalist China in a sentence

He did travel to China and Australia while the story was unfolding.
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In 1957, the islands came under repeated shelling by Mainland--or as it was then called, “Red”-- China.
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The two islands are now tourist sites for visitors from Taiwan and mainland China.
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At least 70 percent of the children were adopted from overseas, including Russia, China, Ethiopia and Ukraine.
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The Communist Party of China gets a bad rap for cracking down on religion.
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Distance, the uncertain light, and imagination, magnified it to a high wall; high as the wall of China.
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne
I shipped for a voyage to Japan and China, and spent several more years trying to penetrate the forbidden fastnesses of Tibet.
The Boarded-Up House|Augusta Huiell Seaman
The ships from China do not come, and it is with their merchandise that our ships must go to Nueva Spaña.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various
Black Sheep was sent to the drawing-room and charged into a solid tea-table laden with china.
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In former years, Korea had paid an annual tribute or tax to China, but for some time it had been held back by this king.
Our Little Korean Cousin|H. Lee M. Pike

Cultural definitions for Nationalist China (1 of 2)

Nationalist China

The Republic of China; the government on the island of Taiwan. Established by Chiang Kai-shek in the late 1940s after he and his followers were driven from the mainland by the communists under Mao Zedong. Until 1979, the United States treated the Nationalist Chinese government as the legitimate government of all of China. Nationalist China and the United States still have unofficial diplomatic relations.

Cultural definitions for Nationalist China (2 of 2)

Nationalist China

After the conquest of mainland China by communists led by Mao Zedong in 1949, Nationalist (anticommunist) leader Chiang Kai-shek led the remnants of his army to the island of Taiwan, where he established a government called Nationalist China, which the United States long recognized as the only legitimate government for all of China.