Template:Country data China

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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.

This template is within the scope of WikiProject Flag Template, a collaborative effort to maintain flag templates on Wikipedia. A more thorough discussion of the flag template system, including parameters not described here, can be found on the project page.

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`		`Flag of the Qing Dynasty (1862-1889).svg`
`1889`		`Flag of the Qing Dynasty (1889-1912).svg`
`1912`		`Flag of China (1912–1928).svg`
`1928`		`Flag of the Republic of China.svg`
`naval`		`Naval ensign of China.svg`
`marines`		`Naval ensign of China.svg`
`military`		`People's Liberation Army Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg`
`coast guard`		`Flag of China.svg`
`navy`		`Naval ensign of China.svg`
`air force`		`Air Force Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg`
`army`		`Ground Force Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg`

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)	Template:Country data People's Republic of China	Template:Country data People's Republic of China
`China, People's Republic of` (view)	Template:Country data China, People's Republic of	Template:Country data China, People's Republic of
`China (People's Republic of)` (view)	Template:Country data China (People's Republic of)	Template:Country data China (People's Republic of)
`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

Military ensigns

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

{{naval|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:Marines:

{{marines|China}} → People's Liberation Army Navy Marine Corps
{{flagicon|China|marines}} →

This template includes a marine ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Armed forces:

{{Armed forces|China}} → People's Liberation Army
{{flagicon|China|military}} →

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

{{navy|China}} → People's Liberation Army Navy
{{flagicon|China|navy}} →

This template includes a coast guard ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Coast guard:

{{coast guard|China}} → China Coast Guard
{{flagicon|China|coast guard}} →

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}} →

Related templates

Please see the following related country_data templates:

TemplateData

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TemplateData for Country data China

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