Template:Country data China

Template documentation

Template:Country data China is an internal data container not intended to be transcluded directly. It is used indirectly by templates such as Flag, Flagicon, and others.

File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg

Standard parameters

Parameter name	Value	Meaning
alias	China	Main article name (China)
flag alias	Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg	Image name (File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg, shown on right)

Flag variants

Label	Flag image (40px)	Image name
1862	File:Flag of the Qing Dynasty (1862-1889).svg	Flag of the Qing Dynasty (1862-1889).svg
1889	File:Flag of the Qing Dynasty (1889-1912).svg	Flag of the Qing Dynasty (1889-1912).svg
1912	File:Flag of the Republic of China (1912-1928).svg	Flag of the Republic of China (1912-1928).svg
1929	File:Flag of the Republic of China (Pantone).svg	Flag of the Republic of China (Pantone).svg
1949	File:Flag of China (WFB 2000).png	Flag of China (WFB 2000).png
2004	File:Flag of China (WFB 2004).gif	Flag of China (WFB 2004).gif
2009	File:Flag of China (WFB 2009).gif	Flag of China (WFB 2009).gif
military	File:People's Liberation Army Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg	People's Liberation Army Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
naval	File:Naval Ensign of the People's Republic of China.svg	Naval Ensign of the People's Republic of China.svg
military	File:People's Liberation Army Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg	People's Liberation Army Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
air force	File:Air Force Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg	Air Force Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
army	File:Ground Force Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg	Ground Force Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg

Military ensigns

This template includes a naval ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Navy:

• {{Navy|China}} → People's Liberation Army Navy
• {{Flagicon|China|naval}} →
  This template includes an air force ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Air force:
• {{Air force|China}} → People's Liberation Army Air Force
• {{Flagicon|China|air force}} →
  This template includes a marine ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Armed forces:
• {{Armed forces|China}} → China Armed Forces
• {{Flagicon|China|military}} →
  This template includes an army ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Army:
• {{Army|China}} → People's Liberation Army Ground Force
• {{Flagicon|China|army}} →

Redirect aliases

This template can also be used via an alias name (implemented as a redirect to this template):

Alias name	{{Flag|alias}} output	{{Flagcountry|alias}} output
CHN (view)	CHN	China
People's Republic of China (view)	People's Republic of China	China
China, People's Republic of (view)	China, People's Republic of	China
China (People's Republic of) (view)	China (People's Republic of)	China
PRC (view)	PRC	China

See What links here for a full list of redirects.

Example usage

• {{Flag|China}} → China
• {{Flagicon|China}} →

Using a flag variant

• {{Flag|China|1862}} → China
• {{Flagicon|China|1862}} →

Using a redirect alias

• {{Flagicon|CHN}} →
• {{Flagcountry|CHN}} → China
• {{Flag|CHN}} → CHN

Related templates

Please see the following related country_data templates:

• Template:Country data Qing dynastyQing dynasty
• Template:Country data Republic of ChinaRepublic of China
• Template:Country data Republic of China (1912–1949)Republic of China (1912–1949)

Other information

Country data templates are also available for three of the five autonomous regions, the two Special Administrative Regions (SARs) of China, and the region of Tibet:

Template:Country data Guangxi Zhuang	Guangxi Zhuang
Template:Country data Hong Kong	Hong Kong
Template:Country data Inner Mongolia	Inner Mongolia
Template:Country data Macau	Macau
Template:Country data Ningxia Hui	Ningxia Hui
Template:Country data Tibet	Tibet	Refers to the geographical/ethnical region; don't use for the autonomous region

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TemplateData for Country data China

This template should not be used directly. It is used indirectly by flag templates such as Template:Flag and Template:Flagicon. See Category:Flag template system for a full list of flag templates and Wikipedia:WikiProject Flag Template for further documentation.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
No parameters specified

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