one country, two systems

English

Etymology

Coined by Chinese politician and paramount leader from 1978 to 1989 Deng Xiaoping in 1982 as part of the People's Republic of China proposal to reunify Taiwan. Calque of Chinese 一國兩制／一国两制 (yī guó liǎng zhì).

Phrase

one country, two systems

1. Policy for the reunification of China as one country, but with areas like Hong Kong and Taiwan with separate economic and political systems.
   • 2017 June 29, “Has “one country, two systems” been a success for Hong Kong?”, in The Economist‎^[1], →ISSN:

     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.

Translations

slogan for the reunification of China as one country

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 一國兩制／一国两制 (zh) (yī guó liǎng zhì)

• German: ein Land, zwei Systeme
• Japanese: 一国二制度 (ikkoku ni seido)
• Vietnamese: một quốc gia, hai chế độ