South China

Below the mainland

South China refers to the southern region of China, encompassing provinces like Guangdong, Guangxi, and Fujian.

The term appears most often in geographic and political contexts: the South China Sea, a strategically contested body of water in Southeast Asia, and South China Morning Post, Hong Kong's major English-language newspaper.

South China tiger names a critically endangered subspecies native to the region.

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cardinal direction within china

South ChinaNorthern China

Upper portion of the mainland

Manchuria · Inner Mongolia · Xinjiang

maritime/geopolitical orientation

South ChinaYellow Sea

Marginal Pacific between Asia's coasts

East China Sea · Sea of Japan

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south, China, Chinese, Southern, southward, southerly, southwestern, southpaw, southwards

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