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Red China
[red a. 9 b.]
Communist China; the People's Republic of China. Hence Red Chinese n. and adj. phr. Cf. mainland China s.v. mainland 2 b.
1934tr. Mao Tse-Tung (title) Red China. 1937E. Snow Red Star over China i. 17 There has been perhaps no greater mystery among nations, no more confused an epic, than the story of Red China. 1966‘G. Black’ You want to die, Johnny? viii. 151 You couldn't stop junks landing... I'm thinking of Red Chinese. 1967R. J. Serling President's Plane is Missing (1968) vii. 138 Is there any reason to suspect the Red Chinese or Russians? Ibid. 139 Suppose, sir, Red Chinese agents had somehow kidnaped Mr. Haines. 1971J. Henderson Copperhead (1972) xv. 195 Targets inside Russia and Red China. 1972J. Ball Five Pieces of Jade ii. 27 A systematic new campaign by the red Chinese to pump narcotics..into the United States. 1972‘G. Black’ Bitter Tea (1973) iii. 44 Plenty of people in Malaysia still hate Red China. 1978Listener 8 June 721/1 The entry permit into what we used to call ‘Red China’ is stamped on your passport. |