Talk:List of Chinese flags

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I've got two questions in mind. Should "Chinese" be equated with the PRC? and if not, shall we add the flags used by the ROC, as well as the flag used by the Ch'ing government? The other question is that as far as I remember colonial Macau had no flag. The flag was used by the concelhos de Macau (there's another flag for the concelhos das Ilhas). — Instantnood 17:59, August 27, 2005 (UTC)

• As PRC and ROC are different countries, I think it is best to keep them seperate. Chinese is more closely associated with PRC and Tiawanese for the ROC. The historical flag for Macua is the Government of Macau's flag, rather than the actual colony's flag- according to the Flag of Macua page. Astrotrain 19:35, August 28, 2005 (UTC)

  It was the flag of Concelho de Macau. Concelho das Ilhas had another flag. — Instantnood 13:13, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

Contents 1 Hui or Uyghur? 2 Manchukuo, Mengkiang, etc. 3 Flag used in Portuguese Macau 4 why use an outdated version flag of Macau? 5 Early Chinese army flag 6 Remove statement

[edit] Hui or Uyghur?

What did the white colour on this flag represent? The flag of the Republic of China article says Hui instead of Uyghur. Did the Republic of China government in those times use "Hui" to cover all people who practised Islam, including the Uyghurs? — Instantnood 13:13, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Manchukuo, Mengkiang, etc.

Should the maps of Manchukuo, Mengkiang, etc. be added to the historical section? — Instantnood 13:43, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Flag used in Portuguese Macau

I have swapped the pale blue flag used on the page for Macau because the flag that was listed in the edits prior to mine showed a variant of the government's flag (see image here.) This flag never really was official. According to FOTW, the flag of Portugal was:

Please note that this flag shouldn't be used to represent "Portuguese Macao," officially only the Portuguese national flag will do. Unofficially most people prefer the future Special Economic Region flag, or the municipal flag of Macao City.

see FOTW for more.

In pre 1999 editions of the CIA World Factbook, the Portuguese flag was listed as the flag of Macau. See this entry from the 1999 Factbook, in particularly the flag listing and image.

Finally, this image on the BBC website was taken around the 1999 handover. You will see the Portuguese flag being taken down the flag pole, not the Macau government flag.

I hope this helps.

- Thanks, Hoshie | 11:10, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] why use an outdated version flag of Macau?

This, Image:Macau flag.gif, is the actual flag being used in Macau. Why change into the original version which is not being used????--HeiChon~XiJun 14:43, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Early Chinese army flag

The early Chinese Republic's army flag should also be included (this seems to have been very important in the 1920's). There's a version of it at Image:Sjxqi.gif, but the proportions may not be quite right there (see a historic depiction in Image:Republic of China Flags.jpg). AnonMoos 06:21, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Remove statement

Before the handovers, the People's Republic of China recognised Hong Kong and Macau as its territory though they were not under its direct control. The Republic of China also recognised these regions as part of ROC territory, just as the ROC claims sovereignty over mainland China. But some may not recognise pre-handover Hong Kong and Macau as parts of China and many controversies exist.

This is incorrect. Before 1997, the PRC recognized British sovereignty over Hong Kong, and between 1975 and 1999, the status of Macao was agreed to be Chinese territory under Portugeuse administration.

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Ok i think the flags for ROC and the flags of PRC should really seperate. --Jerrypp772000 22:56, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

Since this is a listing of Chinese flags, both should be included here. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Aldis90 (talk • contribs) 01:15, 7 December 2006 (UTC).