Template:Country data China

This is the documentation for Template:Country data China. It is automatically generated by Template:Country showdata

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.

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Contents 1 Standard parameters 2 Flag variants 3 Military ensigns 4 Redirect aliases 5 Example usage 6 Related templates

Standard parameters

Parameter name	Value	Meaning
alias	People's Republic of China	Main article name (People's Republic of China) <tr> <td>shortname alias</td> <td>China</td> <td>(optional) Display name to be used for the wikilink, if alias is a disambiguated article name, for example</td> </tr>
flag alias	Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg	Image name (Image:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg, shown above right) <tr> <td>alt attribute</td> <td>Flag of the People's Republic of China</td> <td>(optional) Alt attribute for flag image</td> </tr>

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}} → Country flagnavy
• {{flagicon|China|naval}} →

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

• {{air force|China}} → Country flagairforce
• {{flagicon|China|air force}} →

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

• {{army|China}} → Country flagarmy
• {{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)	Country data CHN	Country data CHN
People's Republic of China (view)	Country data People's Republic of China	Country data People's Republic of China
China, People's Republic of (view)	Country data China, People's Republic of	Country data China, People's Republic of
China (People's Republic of) (view)	Country data China (People's Republic of)	Country data China (People's Republic of)
PRC (view)	Country data PRC	Country data PRC

Example usage

• {{flag|China}} →  People's Republic of China
• {{flagicon|China}} →
• {{flagcountry|China}} →  People's Republic of China

Using a flag variant

• {{flag|China|military}} →  People's Republic of China
• {{flagicon|China|military}} →

Using a redirect alias

• {{flagicon|CHN}} → Country data CHN
• {{flagcountry|CHN}} → Country data CHN
• {{flag|CHN}} → Country data CHN

Related templates

Please see the following related country_data templates:

• Country data Qing DynastyCountry data Qing Dynasty
• Country data Republic of ChinaCountry data Republic of China