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A red field, with a blue canton containing a 12-ray white sun. This flag flew over mainland China until 1949, and is presently flown on the island of Taiwan and other islands under the control of the ROC. This flag can sometimes be seen in Mainland China, for historical and unofficial use. 1950–present: Flag of the Republic of China (vertical)
The design features one large star, with four smaller stars in an arc set off towards the fly. It has been the national flag of China since the foundation of the People's Republic of China on 1 October 1949. The flag was designed by Zeng Liansong. The red represents the Chinese Communist Revolution.
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The Republic of China's first president, Sun Yat-sen, chose Zhōnghuá Mínguó (中華民國; 'Chinese People's State') as the country's official Chinese name.The name was derived from the language of the Tongmenghui's 1905 party manifesto, which proclaimed that the four goals of the Chinese revolution were "to expel the Manchu rulers, revive China (), establish a people's state (mínguó ...
National Flag of the Republic of China, used between 1912 and 1928. Also known as "Five-colored flag". 1911: Wuchang Uprising. 1911: Flag of the Republic of China "Five-Colored Flag" selected as the national flag by the provisional senate. 1912: Sun Yat-sen elected First Provisional President of the ROC by delegates from independent provinces.
The Huaihai Campaign of late 1948 and early 1949 secured east-central China for the CCP. [218] The outcome of these encounters were decisive for the military outcome of the civil war. [218] The Pingjin Campaign resulted in the Communist conquest of northern China. It lasted 64 days, from 21 November 1948 to 31 January 1949. [225]
National emblem of the Republic of China (1912–1927) and the Empire of China (1915–1916). The Empire of China during the Manchu-led Qing dynasty did not have an official state emblem, but the flag featured the azure dragon on a plain yellow field with a red sun of the three-legged crow [citation needed] in the upper left corner.
It became the first national flag of China and is usually referred to as the "Yellow Dragon Flag" (traditional Chinese: 黃龍旗; simplified Chinese: 黄龙旗; pinyin: huánglóngqí). Ruling China from 1644 until the overthrow of the monarchy during the Xinhai Revolution, the Qing dynasty was the last imperial dynasty in Chinese history ...