![]() I have seen old postcards showing this use. Government in China between 1937/8 through 1945. I understand the five-color flag was revived by the Japanese and used by their puppet The five-color flag was superseded by the Nationalist Government/Kuomintang flag when they finally succeeded in winning the north in the late 20's. Williams (Shanghai: Kelly & Walsh, 1941, reprinted by Dover, 1976) The 1912 Chinese flag had five horizontal stripes each color representing a people but there are at least two different assignments:įrom "Outlines of Chinese Symbolism and Art Motives" by C.A.S. The naval ensign, and the " 18-Stars Flag" becoming Sky, White Sun, Whole Field Red" flag (the current Taiwanese flag) becoming Were forced into making a compromise, which saw theįive-striped flag becoming the national flag (and naval jack), the " Blue Viewpoints had different proposals for a new national flag. ![]() When the Republic of China was founded in 1912, groups with differing political To draw from but, I am of the opinion that this flag remained the Jack untilĬhiang Kai-shek of the Chinese Nationalist assumed the head of Government inġ928. This is supported by the National Geographic, 1917, page 347, item #566. The Quinta-color flag of the Sun Yat-sen Republic becameĪdopted as the Jack. The empire (dragon) flag was replaced by the quinta-color This brought about the establishment of some new flags, both national and rank So, the days of the "dragon" flags were ended, replaced The Manchu dynasty, which ruled China for more than three and a halfĬenturies was over thrown. The only common flag between them was the national flag (with five colours), which was also used as the merchant (civil) ensign. North China, with capital Beijing, was governed by General Yuan Shih-k'ai, while the South was governed by Sun Yat-Sen and the Kuo-min-tang. In 1912 China was a single republic with two different governments. Keywords: china | chinese republic | sun | war flag | This page is part of © FOTW Flags Of The World website Chinese Republic National Flag, 1912-1929 Chinese Republic National Flag, 1912-1929
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