Chinese numbered policies

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One distinctive element of Chinese political discourse is the use of numbered policies in both the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China. The use of numbers to refer to policies dates from pre-modern China. Examples include:

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• One-child policy
• One-China policy
• One country, two systems
• One state on each side

[edit] 2

• Letter of the two sorries
• Two Whatevers

[edit] 3

• Three Antis
• Three Communiques
• Three Evils
• Three Links
• Three Noes
• Three Principles of the People
• Three Red Banners
• Three Represents
• Three Rural Issues
• Three Stages of Revolution

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• Four Cardinal Principles
• Four Cleanups Movement
• Four Modernizations
• Four Noes and One Without
• Four Olds (or Four Old Things)
• Four-Stage Theory of the Republic of China

[edit] 5

• Five Antis
• Five Black Categories
• Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence
• Five Races Under One Union
• Five Red Categories

[edit] 6

• Six Assurances

[edit] 8

• Eight Do's and Don'ts

[edit] 9

• Stinking Ninth Category

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• Ten Major Relationships
• Ten Major Construction Projects

[edit] 12

• Twelve New Development Projects

[edit] 14

• Fourteen Major Construction Projects

[edit] 60

• Sixty Points on Working Methods

[edit] See also

• Politics of the People's Republic of China
• Politics of the Republic of China
• Four Great Inventions of ancient China (another example of a "numbered" historical term)