NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Chinese flag

This is a list of current and historical flags used in the geographic area of China.

National flags

Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Peoples_Republic_of_China. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday. ... Ratio 2:3 The Flag of the Peoples Republic of China, the Five-Starred Red Flag (äº”æ˜Ÿçº¢æ—— in pinyin: wÇ” xÄ«ng hÃ³ng qÃ), was designed by Zeng Liansong, an economist by trade and a talented artist who lived in Ruian (ç‘žå®‰ ruÃ¬ Än), Zhejiang. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China. ... 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Flag ratio: 2:3 The flag of the Republic of China is red with a dark blue rectangle in the upper hoist-side corner bearing a white sun with 12 triangular rays. ...

Special Administrative Regions

A Special Administrative Region (SAR) (Simplified Chinese: ç‰¹åˆ«è¡Œæ”¿åŒº; Traditional Chinese: ç‰¹åˆ¥è¡Œæ”¿å€; pinyin: tÃ¨biÃ© xÃngzhÃ¨ngqÅ«; Cantonese IPA: /tÉk6piËt6 hÉÅ‹4tsÉªÅ‹3kÊ°Éµy1/; Jyutping: dak6bit6 hang4zing3keoi1; Yale: dahkbiht hÃ hngjingkeÅ«i) is a political subdivision of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Hong_Kong. ... The flag of the HKSAR Flag ratio: 2:3 The HKSAR and the PRC flags brandishing at the patio of the Legislative Council. ... Binomial name Bauhinia blakeana S. T. Dunn Bauhinia blakeana, sometimes called Hong Kong orchid tree, is a tree in the genus Bauhinia. ... Image:Macao flag 300. ... Flag ratio: 2:3 The flag of Macau is light green with a lotus flower above a stylized bridge and water in white, beneath an arc of five gold, five-pointed stars: one large in center of arc and four smaller. ...

Military flags

Image File history File links Flag of the Peoples Liberation Army. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Image File history File links PLA_Ground_Forces_Flag. ... Flag of the Peoples Liberation Army Ground Force The Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) deploys over 8,000 tanks, 4,000 armoured vehicles, and 25,000 artillery pieces. ... Image File history File links The naval jack of the Peoples Republic of China. ... PLAN Jack and Ensign The Chinese Peoples Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) (Simp. ... Image File history File links PLA_Air_Ensign. ... Flag of the Peoples Liberation Army Air Force The Peoples Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) (simplified Chinese: è§£æ”¾å†›ç©ºå†›; pinyin: JiÄ›fÃ ngjÅ«n KÅngjÅ«n) is the aviation branch of the Peoples Liberation Army, the military of the Peoples Republic of China. ...

Nonstate flags

1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... The Chinese Nationalist Party (Traditional Chinese: ä¸åœ‹åœ‹æ°‘é»¨; Simplified Chinese: ä¸å›½å›½æ°‘å…š; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Chung1-kuo2 Kuo2-min2-tang3; Tongyong Pinyin: JhÅngguÃ³ GuÃ³mÃndÇŽng), commonly known as the Kuomintang (KMT), is a conservative political party currently active in the Republic of China (ROC) on Taiwan. ... 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Communist Party of China flag The Communist Party of China (CPC) or Chinese Communist Party (CCP) (Simplified: ä¸å›½å…±äº§å…š; Traditional: ä¸åœ‹å…±ç”£é»¨; Hanyu Pinyin: ) is the ruling political party of the Peoples Republic of China. ... The hammer and sickle as it appeared on the Soviet flag The hammer and sickle is a symbol used to represent communism and communist political parties. ... Image File history File links Chinese_Taipei_Olympic_Flag. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ...

Historical national flags

1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar). ... The Qing Dynasty (Manchu: daicing gurun; Chinese: æ¸…æœ; pinyin: qÄ«ng chÃ¡o; Wade-Giles: ching chao), sometimes known as the Manchu Dynasty, was founded by the Manchu clan Aisin Gioro, in what is today northeast China, expanded into China proper and the surrounding territories of Inner Asia, establishing... 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar). ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... The Qing Dynasty (Manchu: daicing gurun; Chinese: æ¸…æœ; pinyin: qÄ«ng chÃ¡o; Wade-Giles: ching chao), sometimes known as the Manchu Dynasty, was founded by the Manchu clan Aisin Gioro, in what is today northeast China, expanded into China proper and the surrounding territories of Inner Asia, establishing... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Flag ratio: 2:3 The flag of the Republic of China is red with a dark blue rectangle in the upper hoist-side corner bearing a white sun with 12 triangular rays. ... Han Chinese (Simplified Chinese: æ±‰æ—; Traditional Chinese: æ¼¢æ—; Hanyu Pinyin: ) is a term which refers to the majority ethnic group within China and the largest single human ethnic group in the world. ... The Manchu (manju in Manchu; 滿族 (pinyin: mǎnzú) in Chinese, often shortened to 滿 (pinyin: mǎn) are an ethnic group who originated in northeastern Manchuria. ... The Mongols are an ethnic group that originated in what is now Mongolia, Russia, and China, particularly Inner Mongolia. ... The Hui people (Chinese: å›žæ—; Hanyu Pinyin: ) are a Chinese ethnic group, typically distinguished by their practice of the Islamic religion. ... Uyghurs (also called Uighurs, Uygurs, or Uigurs) (Chinese: 維吾爾 or 维吾尔 in pinyin: wéiwúěr) are a Turkic ethnic group of people living in northwestern China (mainly in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, where they are the dominant ethnic group together with Han people), Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan. ... A Tibetan pilgrim The Tibetans speak the Tibetan language natively and form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the Peoples Republic of China (PRC), although in anthropological terms they include more than one ethnic group. ... 1916 (MCMXVI) is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January-February January 1 - The Royal Army Medical Corps first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ... Yuan Shikai in military uniform Yuan Shikai (Courtesy Weiting æ…°äº; Pseudonym: Rongan å®¹åºµ Traditional: è¢ä¸–å‡±; Simplified: è¢ä¸–å‡¯; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: YÃ¼an Shih-kai) (September 16, 1859 â€“ June 6, 1916) was a Chinese military official and politician during the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China. ... 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday. ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Flag ratio: 2:3 The flag of the Republic of China is red with a dark blue rectangle in the upper hoist-side corner bearing a white sun with 12 triangular rays. ...

Other historical flags

Note that Hong Kong and Macau were handed over to the People's Republic of China in 1997 and 1999 respectively. Before tha handovers, the PRC recognised Hong Kong and Macau as its territory though they were not under its direct control. The Republic of China also recognised these regions as part of ROC terriotry, just as the ROC claims sovereignity over the Mainland China. But some many not recognise pre-handover Hong Kong and Macau as parts of China. Controversies exist. Image File history File links Flag_of_Hong_Kong_1959. ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The modern Blue Ensign of the United Kingdom The British Blue Ensign (1707â€“1801) English Blue Ensign as it appeared in the seventeenth century. ... Image File history File links Hong Kong Flag (1910) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... 1876 (MDCCCLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Saturday. ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The modern Blue Ensign of the United Kingdom The British Blue Ensign (1707â€“1801) English Blue Ensign as it appeared in the seventeenth century. ... Image File history File links Hong Kong Flag (1870) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... 1870 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1876 (MDCCCLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Saturday. ... The modern Blue Ensign of the United Kingdom The British Blue Ensign (1707â€“1801) English Blue Ensign as it appeared in the seventeenth century. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Portugal. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Tibet. ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1950 (MCML in Roman) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Flag Ratio: 2:3 The flag of Tibet was introduced in 1912 by the 13th Dalai Lama, who united the army flags of various provinces to design the present one. ... The 14th and current Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso (born 1935) The 13th Dalai Lama, Thubten Gyatso (1876-1933) In Tibetan Buddhism, the successive Dalai Lamas (taa-lai bla-ma) form a tulku lineage of Gelugpa leaders which trace back to 1391. ... PRC is a common abbreviation for: Peoples Republic of China Palestinian Red Crescent Popular Resistance Committees This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... National motto: None Official language Mandarin Chinese Capital and largest city Taipei President Chen Shui-bian Vice President Annette Lu Premier Su Tseng-chang Area - Total - % water Ranked 138th 35,980 kmÂ² 2. ... In this map of China, the light-coloured areas represent Mainland China, while yellow coloured area refers to Taiwan. ...

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