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An illustration of the Hong Kong flag at half-mast The Hong Kong and Chinese flags at half-mast to mourn victims killed in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. The Hong Kong flag must be lowered to half-mast as a token of mourning when any of the following people die: [14] President of the People's Republic of China
Flag Date Use Description 1 July 1997–present: Flag of Hong Kong: A white, five-petal Bauhinia blakeana on a red field with 1 star on each of the petals. [1] 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 another ...
In Hong Kong, it is known as the Hong Kong flag (香港旗), British Hong Kong flag (英屬香港旗) or the Dragon and Lion flag (龍獅旗). [1] In 1959, following a grant from the College of Arms and with the consent of Queen Elizabeth II , it was adopted as the flag of British Hong Kong . [ 2 ]
Date: Approved on 10 August 1996, used since 1 July 1997: Source: Own work by Mike Rohsopht based on File:GB16689-2004.pdf and Regional Flag and Regional Emblem Ordinance: Author ...
Free Hong Kong flag, a flag being used at the 2019 Hong Kong protests. The flag reads: "Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times". [1]: 162 Hong Kong nationalism (Chinese: 香港民族主義 or 香港主義) is a system of thought that spans the folklore, culture, history, geography, society, and politics of Hong Kong. Hong Kong nationalism ...
English: Flags of countries whose official language is Chinese (the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, Macau, the Republic of China and Singapore).
The flag of British Hong Kong from 1959 to 1997 Peking Road in Tsim Sha Tsui in 1971. Its population rebounded quickly after the war, as skilled Chinese migrants fled from the Chinese Civil War and more refugees crossed the border when the Chinese Communist Party took control of mainland China in 1949. [61]
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