Events of seismic proportions were then taking place in China proper.

Some send their children to study at schools in China proper.

There is nobody like them in China proper, and they are the colony's chief cause for pride.

After this several expeditions were undertaken by the khan against China proper.

The Qing government applied the following system over China proper:

These areas under the administration of the eighteen provinces are also known as "China proper".

There were eight regional viceroys in China proper, each usually took charge of two or three provinces.

It is not clear when the concept of "China proper" in the Western world appeared.

The concept of "China proper" also appeared before this 1795 book.

It was these eighteen provinces that early Western sources referred to as China proper.