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.

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 the Republic of China (1912-1928).svg`
`1929`		`Flag of the Republic of China (Pantone).svg`
`1949`		`Flag of China (WFB 2000).png`
`2004`		`Flag of China (WFB 2004).gif`
`2009`		`Flag of China (WFB 2009).gif`
`military`		`People's Liberation Army Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg`
`naval`		`Naval Ensign of the People's Republic of China.svg`
`military`		`People's Liberation Army Flag of the People's Republic 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`

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)	Template:Country data CHN	Template:Country data CHN
`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)	Template:Country data PRC	Template:Country data PRC

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}} → Template:Country data CHN
{{flagcountry|CHN}} → Template:Country data CHN
{{flag|CHN}} → Template:Country data CHN

Related templates

Please see the following related country_data templates:

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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.

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Parameter		Description	Type	Status
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