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  2. List of Chinese flags - Wikipedia

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    Flag Duration Use Description 1 July 1997 – present: Flag of Hong Kong [2]: A white, five-petal Bauhinia blakeana on a red field with 1 star on each of the petals. The Chinese name of Bauhinia × blakeana has also been frequently shortened as 紫荊/紫荆 (洋 yáng means "foreign" in Chinese, and this would be deemed inappropriate by the PRC government), although 紫荊/紫荆 refers to ...

  3. Flag of China - Wikipedia

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    Flag of China. A large golden star within an arc of four smaller golden stars, in the canton, on a field of Chinese red. The national flag of the People's Republic of China, also known as the Five-star Red Flag, [1] is a Chinese red field with five golden stars charged at the canton.

  4. Republic of China (1912–1949) - Wikipedia

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    The Republic of China (ROC) began as a country in mainland China. [f] It was established after the 1911 Revolution, which overthrew the Manchu -led Qing dynasty and ended China's imperial history. It was ruled by the Kuomintang (KMT) as a one-party state ("Dang Guo") while headquartered in Nanjing from 1927 until its relocation to Taiwan on 7 ...

  5. Flag of the Republic of China - Wikipedia

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    The flag of the Republic of China, commonly called the flag of Taiwan, [2][3][4] consists of a red field with a blue canton bearing a white disk surrounded by twelve triangles; said symbols symbolize the sun and rays of light emanating from it, respectively. The flag was originally designed by the anti- Qing group, the Revive China Society, in ...

  6. Communist-controlled China (1927–1949) - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) had sphere of influence zones within Republican era China from 1927 to 1949 during the Chinese Civil War, collectively called revolutionary base areas. They were also known as the Soviet Zone from 1927 to 1937 during the First Chinese Civil War, the Anti-Japanese Base Areas during the Second Sino ...

  7. Flag of the People's Liberation Army - Wikipedia

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    The flag of the Chinese People's Liberation Army is the war flag of the People's Liberation Army; the layout of the flag has a golden star at the top left corner and two Chinese characters " 八一 " to the right of the star, placed on a red field. The characters " 八一 " (literally "eight one") are a reference to the events of August 1, 1927 ...

  8. Chinese Civil War - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 16 September 2024. 1927–1949 civil war in China For other uses, see Chinese Civil War (disambiguation). Chinese Civil War Part of the interwar period, the Chinese Communist Revolution and the Cold War (from 1947) Clockwise from top left: Communist troops at the Battle of Siping National Revolutionary ...

  9. Twelve Symbols national emblem - Wikipedia

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    Shih2-erh4 chang1 kuo2-hui1. Commander-in-Chief Flag of the Republic of China, 1912–1928. The Twelve Symbols national emblem ( Chinese: 十二章國徽; pinyin: Shí'èr zhāng Guóhuī) was the state emblem of the Empire of China and the Republic of China from 1913 to 1928. It was based on the ancient Chinese symbols of the Twelve Ornaments .