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.

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
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|}} → {{country data

| navy/core | variant = | size = | name = }}

• {{flagicon||naval}} → {{country data |flagicon/core|variant=naval|size=}}

This template includes an air force ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Air force:

• {{air force|}} → {{country data

| air force/core | variant = | size = | name = }}

• {{flagicon||air force}} → {{country data |flagicon/core|variant=air force|size=}}

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

• {{marines|}} → Template:Marines
• {{flagicon||marines}} → {{country data |flagicon/core|variant=marines|size=}}

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

• {{Armed forces|}} → {{country data

| Military/core | variant = | size = | name = }}

• {{flagicon||military}} → {{country data |flagicon/core|variant=military|size=}}

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

• {{naval|}} → {{country data

| naval/core | variant = | size = | name = }}

• {{flagicon||navy}} → {{country data |flagicon/core|variant=navy|size=}}

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

• {{coast guard|}} → {{country data

| Coast guard/core | variant = | size = | name = }}

• {{flagicon||coast guard}} → {{country data |flagicon/core|variant=coast guard|size=}}

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

• {{army|}} → {{country data

| army/core | variant = | size = | name = }}

• {{flagicon||army}} → {{country data |flagicon/core|variant=army|size=}}

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|}} → {{country data |flag/core|name=|variant=|size=}}
• {{flagicon|}} → {{country data |flagicon/core|variant=|size=}}

Using a flag variant

• {{flag||1862}} → {{country data |flag/core|name=|variant=1862|size=}}
• {{flagicon||1862}} → {{country data |flagicon/core|variant=1862|size=}}

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 ChinaTemplate:Country data Republic of China
• Template:Country data Republic of China (1912–1949)Republic of China (1912–1949)

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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]

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
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