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 above right)

Flag variants

Label	Flag image (40px)	Image name
`1912`		`Flag of the Republic of China 1912-1928.svg`
`1929`		`Flag of the Republic of China.svg`
`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`
`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 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)	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|China}} → China
{{flagicon|China}} →

Using a flag variant

{{flag|China|1912}} → China
{{flagicon|China|1912}} →

Using a redirect alias

{{flagicon|CHN}} →
{{flagcountry|CHN}} → China
{{flag|CHN}} → CHN

Related templates

Please see the following related country_data templates:

Other information

Country data templates are also available for four of the five autonomous regions and the two Special Administrative Regions (SARs) of China:

Autonomous regions

Template:Country data Guangxi Zhuang	Guangxi Zhuang
Template:Country data Inner Mongolia	Inner Mongolia
Template:Country data Ningxia Hui	Ningxia Hui
Template:Country data Tibet	Tibet

SARs

Template:Country data Hong Kong	Hong Kong
Template:Country data Macau	Macau

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData documentation for this template used by VisualEditor and other tools.

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
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
No parameters specified

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