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Flag of China
CapitalPekín
Pob. 20261,408,280,000
Área9,706,961 km²
Densidad145/km²
RegiónAsia del Este
MonedaChinese Yuan Renminbi
Bandera1949
Jefe de Estado
Xi Jinping (since 2013) (President) · PM Li Qiang

Significado de la Bandera

The national flag of the People's Republic of China is a Chinese red field with five golden stars charged at the canton. The design features one large star, with four smaller stars in an arc set off towards the fly. The five stars and their relationships to each other represent the unity of the Chinese people, symbolized by four smaller stars, under the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), symbolized by the large star. According to China Daily, the orientation of the stars "represent all hearts of millions of the people toward great Communist Party of China". He presented his design to represent the revolutionary army at the inauguration of the Revive China Society, an anti-Qing society in Hong Kong, on 21 February 1895.

Historia de la Bandera

  1. 1862–1889
    Flag of China #1
    The first national flag of China was the "Yellow Dragon Flag" used by the Qing dynasty — the last imperial dynasty in Chinese history — from 1862 until the overthrow of the monarchy during the 1911 Revolution.
  2. 1868
    Not initially intended as a national flag (it was used on official occasions and to identify official Chinese ships), it was used as a makeshift national flag during the 1868 Burlingame expedition.
  3. 1889–1912
    Flag of China #3
    The flag that was adopted in 1862 was triangular, but the dynasty adopted a rectangular version of the dragon flag in 1889.
  4. 1912–1928
    Flag of China #4
    On 10 January 1912, with the Xinhai Revolution and the establishment of the Republic of China, the Five-Colored Flag was adopted as the national flag by the Beiyang government, featuring five colored stripes representing the five major ethnic groups in China.
  5. 1949–presente
    Bandera actual de China
    Bandera actual, en uso desde 1949.

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