Template:Country data China

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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`	Error creating thumbnail:	`Flag of the Qing Dynasty (1862-1889).svg`
`1889`		`Flag of the Qing Dynasty (1889-1912).svg`
`1912`	Error creating thumbnail:	`Flag of China (1912–1928).svg`
`1928`		`Flag of the Republic of China.svg`
`naval`	File:Naval ensign of China.svg	`Naval ensign of China.svg`
`marines`	File:Naval ensign of China.svg	`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`	File:Naval ensign of China.svg	`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	`{{flag country\|alias}}` output
`CHN` (view)	Template:Country data CHN	Template:Flag country
`People's Republic of China` (view)	Template:Country data People's Republic of China	Template:Flag country
`China, People's Republic of` (view)	Template:Country data China, People's Republic of	Template:Flag country
`China (People's Republic of)` (view)	Template:Country data China (People's Republic of)	Template:Flag country
`PRC` (view)	Template:Country data PRC	Template:Flag country

See What links here for a full list of redirects.

Example usage

{{flag|China}} → China
{{flag icon|China}} →

Using a flag variant

{{flag|China|1862}} → China
{{flag icon|China|1862}} →

Using a redirect alias

{{flag icon|CHN}} → Template:Country data CHN
{{flag country|CHN}} → Template:Flag country
{{flag|CHN}} → Template:Country data CHN

Military ensigns

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

{{naval|China}} → Template:Naval
{{flag icon|China|naval}} → China

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
{{flag icon|China|air force}} →

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

{{marines|China}} → File:Naval ensign of China.svg People's Liberation Army Navy Marine Corps
{{flag icon|China|marines}} → China

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

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

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

{{navy|China}} → File:Naval ensign of China.svg People's Liberation Army Navy
{{flag icon|China|navy}} → China

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

{{coast guard|China}} → China Coast Guard
{{flag icon|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
{{flag icon|China|army}} →

Related templates

Please see the following related country_data templates:

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Country data China in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Country data China

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