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.

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

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

• {{naval|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}} →

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)	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}} →
• {{flagcountry|CHN}} → China
• {{flag|CHN}} → CHN

Related templates

Please see the following related country_data templates:

• Template:Country data Qing dynastyTemplate:Country data Qing dynasty
• Template:Country data Republic of ChinaTemplate:Country data Republic of China
• Template:Country data Republic of China (1912–1949)Template:Country data 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
No parameters specified

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