Talk:Federalism in China

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mainland[edit]

I'm reverting mainland out of this: "during the process of Chinese economic reform that mainland China has evolved into a de-facto federal state in which provinces have wide descretion to implement policy goals which are set by the PRC central government and in which provinces and localities"

Obviously Hong Kong and Macau have wide discretion to implement policy seperate from the central government. SchmuckyTheCat 04:22, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Ok, so I changed it to "…that the People's Republic has evolved into a de-facto federal state…". We don't want to say that "China" has evolved into a specific kind of state, because per our naming conventions "China" does not refer to any particular state, but rather to a geographic/cultural region. --MarkSweep 05:01, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

This paragraph talks about the descretion to implement policy goals by the provinces of the mainland. Hong Kong and Macao are not provinces. — Insta ntnood 07:23, Jun 8, 2005 (UTC)

Rename[edit]

Can I rename this to Federalism in China or Federalism in the Peoples' Republic of China to make consistent with Federalism in Australia? AndrewRT(Talk) 21:49, 8 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Make it Federalism in the People's Republic of China. —Nightst a llion (?) 14:57, 20 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No, because many important federalist proposals predate this. Others anticipate a post-PRC future, or seek to incorporate the PRC into a wider federal framework which also includes Taiwan, and perhaps other regions also.

Move suggestion[edit]

The article covers not only federalism in the PRC, but also the pre-1949 ROC era. If we split the article, there would be too few to cover both articles. IMO, the article should be moved to Federalism in China with the help of an admin at Wikipedia:Requested moves.--Joshua ^{Say "hi" to me!}_{What have I done?} 11:56, 15 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

moved already[edit]

I've taken the liberty of merging "Federal Republic of China" and "United States of China" with this article. While they cover somewhat different periods of history, I think the organization is still cogent, because all of these have been proposals, not actual government structures. So what we are describing is a history of federalist proposals.

I din't agree with that because Federalism in China is not only a proposal but a reality as we can read it in this book I red but which I didn't quote until now : [1]. A reality "de facto" is a reality: a fact is more important than a Lord-Mayor, I think... José Fontaine (talk) 21:13, 15 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I think we must change the title of this article in renaming it De facto federalism in China there are many things we ought to say about such a topic, which is not - I repeat it - not a proposal but a reality... And also a very important ploitical reality because it is strange China would be an unitarian State... That seems absolutely impossible and that is really impossible because China is actually a federal State...José Fontaine (talk) 21:26, 15 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Merged?[edit]

Is it just me, or are this and the United Republics of China page virtually identical? If so, why not just merge them? Cashie (talk) 00:25, 9 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Too true, done FOARP (talk) 14:54, 13 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 1 August 2015[edit]

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The result of the move request was: not moved. Jenks24 (talk) 10:06, 17 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Federalism in China → Chinese federalism – "Chinese federalism" is more common than "Federalism in China", and "Chinese federalism" is the original title of this article. UU (talk) 10:39, 1 August 2015 (UTC) --Relisted. Alakzi (talk) 23:55, 9 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comment the concept of federalism (shared power) is not exactly modern, since the pre-Qin hegemonies operated under such structures. -- 67.70.32.190 (talk) 10:42, 2 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose: the terms 'Federalism in China' and 'Chinse federalism' do not have the same meaning. The former would mean this articles scope was about the concept of federalism as applied (or not applied) in China, this format is used for other pages such as: Federalism in India, Federalism in the United States, and Federalism in Germany. The latter on the other hand would refer to a unique type of federalism which we might think of as 'federalism with Chinese characteristics', I see no particular evidence of this. Furthermore, as I have previously mentioned other articles use the 'Federalism in Country' format and it would be better to maintain consistency. No evidence has been provided that 'Chinese federalism' is the more common than 'Federalism in China' Ebonelm (talk) 08:51, 3 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose in agreement with the directly above. Pandeist (talk) 16:18, 14 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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New Federal State of China[edit]

Apparently, there's a new movement for what's called the New Federal State of China (or 新中國聯邦 in Chinese).

Among other things, its anthem is "Himalaya, The Pinnacle of Freedom" (or 喜馬拉雅自由之巔). Take the information in any way that you will. --Apisite (talk) 01:07, 30 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]