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, Flag icon, 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
`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
{{Flag icon|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
{{Flag icon|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
{{Flag icon|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
{{Flag icon|China}} →

Using a flag variant

{{Flag|China|military}} → China
{{Flag icon|China|military}} →

Using a redirect alias

{{Flag icon|CHN}} →
{{Flag country|CHN}} → China
{{Flag|CHN}} → CHN

Related templates

Please see the following related country_data templates:

Template:Country data Qing Dynasty Qing Dynasty
Template:Country data Republic of China Republic of China

TemplateData

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

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.

Template parameters
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
No parameters specified

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