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Supporters of Taiwanese independence have been known to reject the flag as a statement of opposition against the Kuomintang party. Contents. 1 History; 2 ... FlagoftheRepublicofChina FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch ThisarticleisabouttheflagusedonmainlandChinabetween1928–1949andinTaiwanafter1945.FortheRepublicofChinaflagusedbefore1928,seeFiveRacesUnderOneUnion.FortheflagofthePeople'sRepublicofChina,seeFlagofChina.ForproposedflagsforanindependentTaiwan,seeProposedflagsofTaiwan. Nationalflag ThisarticlemaybeexpandedwithtexttranslatedfromthecorrespondingarticleinChinese.(April2021)Click[show]forimportanttranslationinstructions. Viewamachine-translatedversionoftheChinesearticle. MachinetranslationlikeDeepLorGoogleTranslateisausefulstartingpointfortranslations,buttranslatorsmustreviseerrorsasnecessaryandconfirmthatthetranslationisaccurate,ratherthansimplycopy-pastingmachine-translatedtextintotheEnglishWikipedia. 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Thisarticleneedsadditionalcitationsforverification.Pleasehelpimprovethisarticlebyaddingcitationstoreliablesources.Unsourcedmaterialmaybechallengedandremoved.Findsources: "FlagoftheRepublicofChina" – news ·newspapers ·books ·scholar ·JSTOR(September2008)(Learnhowandwhentoremovethistemplatemessage) RepublicofChinaName青天白日滿地紅,literally:"BlueSky,WhiteSun,andaWhollyRedEarth"UseCivilandstateflag,nationalensignProportion2:3Adopted1895;126 yearsago (1895)(byReviveChinaSociety,originalversion)1906;115 yearsago (1906)(additionoftheredfield)January 1,1912;109yearsago (1912-01-01)(navalflag)May 5,1921;100yearsago (1921-05-05)(byGuangzhougovernment)December 9,1928;92yearsago (1928-12-09)(inmainlandChina)October 25,1945;76yearsago (1945-10-25)(inTaiwan)DesignAredfieldwithanavybluecantonbearingawhitesunwith12triangularraysDesigned byLuHaodongandSunYat-sen NavaljackName"BlueSkywithaWhiteSun"flag(青天白日旗)RepublicofChinanavaljackUseNavaljackProportion2:3Adopted1895DesignAwhiteSunwithtwelveraysonanavybluebackground.Designed byLuHaodong ArmyflagUseWarflagProportion2:3DesignAredfieldwithanavybluerectangularcenterwithawhitesunwithtwelveraysontopoftheblue. PresidentialstandardflagUsePresidentialstandardProportion2:3DesignAredfieldwithayellowborderandnavybluecircleonthetop,awhitesunwithtwelveraysisontopoftheblue. FlagoftheRepublicofChinaTraditional Chinese中華民國國旗SimplifiedChinese中华民国国旗LiteralmeaningRepublicofChinaflagTranscriptionsStandardMandarinHanyuPinyinZhōnghuáMínguóGuóqíBlueSky,WhiteSunandaWhollyRedEarthTraditional Chinese青天白日滿地紅SimplifiedChinese青天白日满地红LiteralmeaningBluesky,whitesun,whollyredearthTranscriptionsStandardMandarinHanyuPinyinQīngTiān,BáiRì,MǎnDìHóng TheflagoftheRepublicofChina(Chinese:中華民國國旗),alsoknownastheBlueSky,WhiteSun,andaWhollyRedEarth(青天白日滿地紅)retroactively,theNationalFlagofChina,andcommonlyreferredtoastheFlagofTaiwan,consistsofaredfieldwithabluecantonbearingawhitedisksurroundedbytwelvetriangles;saidsymbolssymbolizethesunandraysoflightemanatingfromit,respectively. Theflagwasoriginallydesignedbytheanti-Qinggroup,ReviveChinaSocietyin1895withtheadditionoftheredfieldcomponentin1906bySunYat-seninhisspeech.[1]ThiswasfirstusedinmainlandChinaastheNavyflagin1912,[2]andwasmadetheofficialnationalflagoftheRepublicofChina(ROC)in1928bytheKuomintang(KMT).ItwasenshrinedinthesixtharticleoftheConstitutionoftheRepublicofChinawhenitwaspromulgatedin1947.TheflagisnolongerofficiallyusedinmainlandChina,asthePeople'sRepublicofChinawasfoundedin1949.AstheislandsofTaiwanandPenghuwereunderJapaneseruleuntil1945,theflagwasnotinuseintwoterritories,untiltheROCtookcontrolin1945.TheflagisnowmostlyusedwithinTaiwan,Penghu,Kinmen,Matsuandotheroutlyingislands,wheretheROCrelocatedin1949afteritsdefeatintheChineseCivilWar. ThePRChasnotrecognizedtheROC'ssovereigntyandclaimsTaiwanandtheotherROC-controlledareastobepartofthePRC.AuthoritiesinthePRCusedtheirnationalflagtorepresentTaiwaninstead.ThepublicdisplayofthisflaghasoutlawedforpublicuseinMainlandChinaexceptforhistoricalusesinsidehistoricalplaces.SupportersofTaiwaneseindependencehavebeenknowntorejecttheflagasastatementofoppositionagainsttheKuomintangparty.[3] Contents 1History 2Symbolism 3Constructiondetails 3.1Colors 4Uses 5Incidents 5.1Flagmisuse 5.2BaninCambodia 6Flaggallery 6.1Subdivisions 6.2Militaryflags 6.3Historicalflags 7Gallery 8Seealso 9References 10Externallinks History[edit] Seealso:FlagoftheQingdynasty,FlagofChina,andBlueSkywithaWhiteSun ChinaBurmaIndiaTheaterofWorldWarIIinsignia,formedbythecombinationofboththeflagoftheRepublicofChinaandtheflagoftheUnitedStatesofAmerica Thecanton(uppercorneronthehoistside)originatedfromthe"BlueSkywithaWhiteSunflag"(青天白日旗;qīngtiānbáirìqí)designedbyLuHaodong,amartyroftheXinhaiRevolution.HepresentedhisdesigntorepresenttherevolutionaryarmyattheinaugurationoftheSocietyforRegeneratingChina,ananti-QingsocietyinHongKong,onFebruary21,1895.ThisdesignwaslateradoptedastheKMTpartyflagandtheCoatofArmsoftheRepublicofChina.The"redEarth"portionwasaddedbySunYat-seninwinterof1906,bringingtheflagtoitsmodernform.AccordingtoGeorgeYeo,theForeignMinisterofSingapore,inthosedaystheBlueSkywithaWhiteSunflagwassewnintheSunYatSenVillaorWanQingYuaninSingaporebyTeoEngHockandhiswife.[4][5] DuringtheWuchangUprisingin1911thatheraldedtheRepublic,thevariousrevolutionaryarmieshaddifferentflags.LuHao-tung's"BlueSkywithaWhiteSun"flagwasusedintheprovincesofGuangdong,Guangxi,Yunnan,andGuizhou.InWuhan,aflagwith18yellowstarswasusedtorepresentthe18administrativedivisionsatthetime.InShanghaiandnorthernChina,a"Five-ColoredFlag"(五色旗;wǔsèqí)(FiveRacesUnderOneUnionflag)wasusedoffivehorizontalstripesrepresentingthefivemajornationalitiesofChina:theHan(red),theManchu(yellow),theMongol(blue),theHui(white),andtheTibetan(black). WhenthegovernmentoftheRepublicofChinawasestablishedonJanuary1,1912,the"Five-ColoredFlag"wasselectedbytheprovisionalSenateasthenationalflag.The"18-StarFlag"wasadoptedbythearmy[6]andthemodernflagwasadoptedasanavalensign.[7]SunYat-sen,however,didnotconsiderthefive-coloredflagappropriate,reasoningthathorizontalorderimpliedahierarchyorclasslikethatwhichexistedduringdynastictimes. AfterPresidentYuanShikaiassumeddictatorialpowersin1913bydissolvingtheNationalAssemblyandoutlawingtheKMT,SunYat-senestablishedagovernment-in-exileinTokyoandemployedthemodernflagasthenationalROCflag.HecontinuedusingthisdesignwhentheKMTestablishedarivalgovernmentinGuangzhouin1917.ThemodernflagwasmadetheofficialnationalflagonDecember17,1928afterthesuccessfulNorthernExpeditionthattoppledtheBeijinggovernment,thoughtheFive-ColoredFlagstillcontinuedtobeusedbylocalsinanunofficialcapacity.OnereasonforthisdiscrepancyinusewaslingeringregionalbiasesheldbyofficialsandcitizensofnorthernChina,whofavoredtheFive-ColoredFlag,againstsouthernerssuchastheCantonese/HakkaSunYat-sen.[citationneeded] DuringtheSecondSino-JapaneseWar,theinvadingJapaneseestablishedavarietyofpuppetgovernmentsusingseveralflagdesigns.The"ReformGovernment"establishedinMarch1938inNanjingtoconsolidatethevariouspuppetgovernmentsemployedtheFive-ColoredFlag.WhenWangJingweiwasslatedtotakeovertheJapanese-installedgovernmentinNanjingin1940,hedemandedtousethemodernflagasameanstochallengetheauthorityoftheNationalistGovernmentinChongqingunderChiangKai-shekandpositionhimselfastherightfulsuccessortoSunYat-sen.However,theJapanesepreferredtheFive-Coloredflag.Asacompromise,theJapanesesuggestedaddingatriangularyellowpennantontopwiththeslogan"Peace,Anti-Communism,NationalConstruction"(和平反共建國;Hépíngfǎngòngjiànguó)inblack,butthiswasrejectedbyWang.Intheend,WangandtheJapaneseagreedthattheyellowbannerwastobeusedoutdoorsonly,until1943whenthebannerwasabandoned,leavingtworivalgovernmentswiththesameflag,eachclaimingtobethelegitimateNationalistgovernmentofChina.[8] ThenationalflagwasspecifiedinArticleSixofthe1947ConstitutionoftheRepublicofChina.AftertheChineseCivilWarin1949,thegovernmentofChiangKai-shekrelocatedtheRepublicofChinatotheislandofTaiwan.Onthemainland,thecommunistforcesofMaoZedongestablishedthePeople'sRepublicofChinaandadoptedtheirownnationalflag. OnOctober23,1954,theNationalEmblemandNationalFlagoftheRepublicofChinaAct(中華民國國徽國旗法;ZhōnghuáMínguóguóhuīguóqífǎ)waspromulgatedbytheLegislativeYuantospecifythesize,measure,ratio,production,andmanagementoftheflag.[9] Symbolism[edit] The"BlueSkywithaWhiteSun"flagofLuHao-tungwasunveiledinFebruary1895inHongKong.[1]ThetwelveraysofthewhiteSunsymbolizethetwelvemonthsandthetwelvetraditionalshichen(時辰;shíchén),atraditionalunitoftimewhichcorrespondstotwomodernhours.SunYat-senaddedthe"RedEarth"totheflagtosignifythebloodoftherevolutionarieswhosacrificedthemselvesinordertooverthrowtheQingDynastyandcreatetheROC.Together,thethreecolorsoftheflagcorrespondtotheThreePrinciplesofthePeople:Bluerepresentsnationalismandliberty;Whiterepresentsdemocracyandequality;andRedrepresentsthepeople'slivelihoodandfraternity.[10]PresidentChiangKai-shekproclaimedontheNationalDayin1929,"AslongasanationalflagwithBlueSky,WhiteSun,andaWhollyRedEarthfliesinthelandofChina,itwillsymbolizetheindependenceandlibertyofthedescendantsoftheHuangEmperor". Theblue-and-whitecantonoftheROCflagisoftenusedasthepartyflagoftheKMT.TheflaghasdevelopedagreatdealofadditionalsymbolismduetotheuniqueandcontroversialpoliticalstatusofTaiwan.Atonelevel,theflagrepresentsaclearsymbolthatTaiwanisnotgovernedbythesamegovernmentasMainlandChina,asthisflagisdifferentfromtheflagofthePeople'sRepublicofChina(PRC). Meanwhile,becauseitwasformerlyusedastheflagoverallofChina,theflaghasbecomeasymbolofcontinuitywiththeidealsoftheChinesenationalismandChinesereunificationmovements,andhasbecomeasymbolofaconnectionbothhistoricalandcurrentwithmainlandChina.Inaddition,theflagisderivedfromthesealoftheKMT,andthecolorofthefieldoftheflagisassociatedwiththeKMTpartycolors. SomeChineseseetheflagasanexpressionofChinesenationalismandpridecombinedwithsimultaneousdisapprovalforthecurrentcommunistregime.Additionally,theflagmaysymbolizeidentificationwith,andadmirationforthepoliticalthoughtsofSunYat-sen,andhisThreePrinciplesofthePeople. OneironyisthatgiventheassociationoftheflagwithChinesenationalisminoppositiontoTaiwanindependence,theROCflaghasfoundanunexpectedallyinthePeople'sRepublicofChina.ThePRChascriticizedTaiwanindependencegroupsforwishingtochangeorabolishtheROCflag,andhasimpliedthatlegalstepstodosowouldbringastronglynegativereactionfromthePRC. However,thepresenceoftheROCflaginTaiwanalsodistinguishesthefactthatTaiwanandROCterritorialislandselsewherefallunderjurisdictionofacountryseparatefromthatofmainlandChina,thePeople'sRepublicofChina(PRC).ThehoistingoftheROCflagisevenadvocatedbythemostextremeTaiwaneseindependencesupporters,suchasTaiwanSolidarityUnionmemberswhenemphasizingtheseparateandindependentlygovernedsystemsandterritoriesoftheRepublicofChinaandthePeople'sRepublicofChinainmainlandChina. Constructiondetails[edit] Nationalflagconstructionsheet(Chinese). Designforthecanton(Chinese). Nationalflagconstructionsheet. Thespecificdesignsoftheflagarelocatedinthe"LawaboutthenationalflagandemblemoftheRepublicofChina."Theratiooftheflagis2:3,withmostofitbeingred.One-fourthoftheflagisblue,whichcontainsthe12pointedsun.Eachsunrayis30degrees,sothetotalsunrayswillmakeupacomplete360degreecircle.Insidethesun,theblueringisthediameterofthewhitesundividedby15.[11] Inlateryears,moredetailsregardingofthecantonarea(alsousedastheflagoftheKMT),werecodifiedintolaw.Inthedrawingreleasedin"LawonthePartyandNationalFlagManufacturingandMethods"(黨旗國旗之製造及使用辦法),thesunwasdrawninmorespecificdetailandmathematicalvaluesweregiventoallelementsintheflag.Inthelaw,thecantonstillhadaratioof2:3,butthemathvaluesgivenwere24x36meters.Thediameterofthesunwithraysis6⁄8ofheightofthecanton,sointhiscase,itwillbe18.Thediameterofthewhitesunwithoutthesunraysis1⁄4ofthewidthofthecanton,soitis9.Theblueringthatisontopofthissunandpartoftheraysis1⁄15diameterofthewhitesun,sothesizewillbe0.6.Theangleoftherays,30degrees,andthetotalnumberofrayshavenotchanged.[12] Thecolorsofthenationalflagaredarkred,whiteanddarkblue.However,theKMTpartyflagonlyuseswhiteanddarkblue;bothflagsaretobetoppedwithagoldenfinial.[13]Thelawdoesnotlistanyspecificcolorprocesses,suchasPantone,tomanufacturingordrawingtheflag.TheMinistryoftheInteriorprovidescolorsonlyforreference.[14]Otherpublications,suchastheAlbumdespavillonsnationauxetdesmarquesdistinctives,havegivenapproximationsforPantonecolors:thedarkblueasPantone301candthedarkredasPantone186c.[15]AlbumdespavillonsalsogavetheapproximateCMYKcolorsfortheflag;darkblueis100-45-0-10anddarkredis0-90-75-5.[15] Colors[edit] Thecolorsapproximationinothercolorspacesarelistedbelow: Colorscheme Blue Red White RGB 0-41-204 242-0-0 255-255-255 Hexadecimal #0029CC #F20000 #FFFFFF CMYK 100,80,0,20 0,100,100,5 0,0,0,0 CMYK(MOI'ssuggestion) 100,80,0,20 0,100,100,5~10 0,0,0,0 Pantone 2728C 2347C White Uses[edit] IntheearlyyearsoftheRepublic,undertheKMT'spoliticaltutelage,theflagsharedthesameprominenceastheKMTpartyflag.AcommonwalldisplayconsistedoftheKMTflagperchedontheleftandtheROCflagperchedontheright,eachtiltedatananglewithaportraitofFatheroftheNationSunYat-sendisplayedinthecenter.ForthesummitsheldbetweentheKMTandCommunistPartyduringtheChineseCivilWar,theROCflagwasdisplayedatanequalpositiontotheflagoftheChineseSovietRepublic(JiangxiSoviet).Later,theflaglawspecifiedahorizontaldisplayoftheflagwiththeportraitofSunYat-seninaportionoftheredfieldatthecenterposition.ThisdisplaycanbefoundinnumerousgovernmentofficesinTaiwanandisthatwhichthePresidentandVicePresidentfacetotaketheoathofoffice. TheflaghasaubiquitouspresenceinTaiwan.ThehoistingandloweringoftheflagareceremoniouslyaccompaniedbytheNationalBannerSongwhilethosepresentstandatattentiontogiveastandardsalutewiththerighthand,heldflat,totherighteyebrow.SchoolchildrenhavetraditionallybeenrequiredtoattendmorningrallieswheretheflagisraisedafterarenditionoftheNationalAnthemoftheRepublicofChina.Beforemartiallawwasliftedin1987inTaiwan,itwasrequiredthatallvehiclesbehaltedwhenpassingbyaflagceremony. TheChineseTaipeiOlympicCommitteeflag(knowninChineseasthe'PlumBlossomBanner')isusedinplaceoftheflagoftheRepublicofChinaattheOlympicGamesandinsomesportingevents. TheROCflagisnotcommonlyseenatinternationalgatheringsinwhichthePRCparticipatesduetopressurefromthePRCoverthepoliticalstatusofTaiwanandresultingminimalpoliticalinfluenceoftheROCinsuchcircles.Instead,theROCisusuallyrepresentedunderapseudonym(usually"ChineseTaipei"). ThesymbolismoftheROCflagbegantoshiftintheearly21stcentury[citationneeded]astherewasawarmingofrelationsbetweenthepan-BluecoalitioninTaiwanandtheCommunistPartyofChinaonmainlandChina.TheflagoftheRepublicofChinahasbeguntosymbolizetheexistenceofapastandpossiblyfutureunifiedChina,andassuchthegovernmentofthePRChasmadeitclearthatforTaiwantochangetheflagwouldbeamajorprovocationinfavorofTaiwanindependence.TheambiguitysurroundingtheflagwasmadeapparentduringthetripofKuomintangChairmanLienChantomainlandChinainApril2005,duringwhichtheflagwasveryprominentlydisplayedatceremonieshonoringSunYat-SenatwhichbothKMTpartyofficialsandgovernmentofficialsfromthePRCwereinattendance.OneplaceinMainlandChinawheretheWhiteSunemblemisstillprominentlydisplayedinpublicistheceilingmosaicwithinSunYat-senMausoleuminNanjing. TheuseoftheflaginTaiwanreflectsthecontroversybehinditssymbolism.AlthoughsupportersofTaiwanindependence,suchasformerPresidentChenShui-bian,willdisplayandsalutetheflagonformalofficialstateoccasions,itisneverseenatpoliticalralliesoftheDemocraticProgressiveParty.ThisisnotonlybecauseofitsassociationwithmainlandChinabutalsobecausetheflagcontainsdesignelementsoftheKMTpartyflag.Bycontrast,theROCflagisalwaysextremelyprominentatpoliticalralliesofthepan-Bluecoalition.Thisdifferenceextendstothecolorsseenattherallies.Ralliesofthepan-BluecoalitiongiveprominencetothecolorsoftheROCflag,withverylargeamountsofblueandsmalleramountsofred.Ralliesofindependence-leaningpartiesarefilledwithgreen,withnoblueorredatall. SomesupportersofTaiwanindependence,includingformerpresidentLeeTeng-hui,havecalledfortheabandonmentoftheflag,andthereareanumberofalternatedesignsforaspecificallyTaiwaneseflag.However,theprospectsforthisarenothighgiventhatchangingtheflagrequiresaconstitutionalamendment;thatthecurrentflaghasahugeamountofsupportamongpan-Bluesupportersandgrudgingacceptanceamongmoderateindependencesupporters;andbecausechangingtheflagmightcausepoliticaltensionwiththePRC.Duringthe2004ROClegislativeelections,itwasbrieflysuggestedthatifthepan-greencoalitionwontheelectionsthatitwouldforcetheKMTtochangethepartyemblemtobedifferentfromtheflag.Thisproposalgeneratedafewdaysofcontroversyandwasthenquicklyforgotten. TherehasbeendisagreementintheoverseasChinesecommunityonwhichflagtoflytorepresentthemselves,supportersandorganizationsoftheChinesedemocracymovementoftenflytheROCflagratherthanthePRCflagtosymbolizeoppositiontoCommunistrule.[16] Incidents[edit] DuringaconcertinManchesterinNovember2013,singerDesertsChangheldtheflagoftheROCinfrontoftheaudiencesparkingprotestsfromthePRC,whichledtothecancellationofherconcertinBeijing.[17] Similarly,inNovember2015,singerChouTzu-yuappearedwithTwiceontheSouthKoreanvarietyshowMyLittleTelevision.SheintroducedherselfasTaiwaneseandheldtheROCflagalongsidethatofSouthKorea.TheJapaneseflagwasalsoshown,representingthenationalityofsomeoftheband'sothermembers.[18]AlthoughitwaswidelycondemnedbythePRC,theROC'sMainlandAffairsCouncil(MAC)statedthatitsupportedChou'swavingaRepublicofChinaflagasapatrioticact.Itlodgedaprotestwiththemainland'sTaiwanAffairsOffice(TAO),urgingtheChinesegovernmentto"restrainitsprivatesector",whichitsaidhad"seriouslyhurtthefeelings"oftheTaiwanesepeopleandmightfurtherdamageCross-Straitrelations.Iturgedpeopleonbothsidesofthestrait"tocherishthehard-earnedfriendlyties".[19] AlocalcouncilintheAustraliancityofRockhamptonupsetaTaiwaneseAustralianfamilyaftertheypaintedovertheirchildren'shandpainteddepictionsoftheTaiwaneseflagonafiberglassbullstatuewhichhadbeenplacedontheriverbankaspartofthecity'striennialBeefAustraliacelebrations.[20]TheTaiwan-bornsiblingshadpaintedtwoflagsamongthevariousBarramundi-shapedflagspaintedbystudentsfromNorthRockhamptonStateHighSchool.[21]Thebull,placedinfrontofCustomsHouse,symbolizedthecity'smulticulturalcommunity,butthetwoflagswerelatercensoredbybeingpaintedover.[21]RockhamptonRegionalCounciladmittedtheyhaddonesoinlinewiththeAustralianGovernment'sOneChinapolicy.[21]However,therewasspeculationinthemediathatitwasdonetoavoidoffendingChinesedelegateswhowerevisitingBeefAustraliawithChinabeinganimportantbeefexportdestination.[21][22]TaiwanNewsdescribeditasAustralia"kowtowing"toChina.[22] ApplereportedlyrestrictssendinganemojirepresentingtheflagofTaiwanoniOSdeviceswhenthedevice'scountrycodeorlanguagesettingsusedChinaorChinese.[23][24]However,abugintheflag-censorshipcodeintheiOSsystemcouldcausedevicestocrash,accordingtosecurityresearcherPatrickWardle.[25] AppleagaincensoredtheemojirepresentingtheROCflagduringthe2019–20HongKongprotestsbyremovingitfromiOSkeyboardsinHongKongandMacau.[26][27]Onthe23rdanniversaryoftheHongKonghandover,thedayafterthesecuritylawswerepassed,amanwhocarriedabagcontaining30ROCflagshasbeendetainedbyHongKongauthorities,sincetheflagisnotaffectedbythenewlaw,butonlyforitsassociationwithTaiwaneseindependence.[3] Flagmisuse[edit] IthasbeenreportedthatTaiwanesespectatorshavecheeredfortheChineseTaipeinationalteamwiththeformerflagofMyanmaratmanyinternationalsportgames,includingthe2008OlympicsinBeijingwherepublicdisplayoftheflagoftheRepublicofChinawasbannedbythePRC.[28][29][30] BaninCambodia[edit] WhilepublicdisplayoftheROCflagisgenerallyfrownedupon,andmayevenleadtoarrestinthePRC,[citationneeded]Cambodiawasthefirstcountrytooutlawitofficially.InFebruary2017,PrimeMinisterHunSenannouncedthattheROCflagwillbebannedfrombeingdisplayedinCambodiaasapartofitscommitmenttotheOne-Chinapolicy.[31][32] Flaggallery[edit] Mainarticle:ListofTaiwaneseflags Furtherinformation:ListofChineseflags Subdivisions[edit] TaiwanProvince Kaohsiung NewTaipei Taichung Tainan Taipei Taoyuan Militaryflags[edit] ArmedForces Army Navy AirForce MarineCorps MilitaryPolice ArmedForcesReserve CombinedLogisticsCommand Historicalflags[edit] Seealso:ListofChineseflags 18starflag 19starflag FirstnationalflagoftheRepublicofChina(1912–1928) CurrentflagoftheRepublicofChina(1928–present,inTaiwanafter1945).AlsousedasanavalensignoftheROCsince1912. The"BlueSkywithaWhiteSunflag"wasdesignedbyLuHaodongin1895andisstillusedasthenavaljackoftheRepublicaswellastheflagoftheKuomintang(KMT). Gallery[edit] ChiehShouHallinthePresidentialOfficeBuildingcontainstheflagandportraitofSunYat-senwhichpresidentsfacetotaketheoathofoffice. Pan-BluesupporterswavetheROCflagatarallyduringthe2004presidentialelection. FlagsoftheROC,PRC,andU.S.canbeseenflyingatopadjacentbuildingsinSanFranciscoChinatown.MostbenevolentassociationsinSanFrancisco,includingtheChineseSixCompanies,continuetoflytheROCflagduetotheircloserelationswiththeKMT. ROCflagintheTaipeiEconomicandCulturalOfficeinSeattle. FlagsoftheUnitedStatesandtheROC,2016. FlagsoftheROCanditsdiplomaticallies. FourROCflagsintheMinshengpostoffice. SeriesoftheROCflagsattheRedHouse(HongKong). WCTCShoppingCenterinKoror,PalauwithFlagofPalauandROCflagsatthisstreet. ViewoftheROCflagsintheJudicialYuan. TsaiIng-wenwiththeROCflagsinthebackground. ROCflaginthe2019–20HongKongprotests. TokyoTowerinJapanlitupwiththeROCflagcolorsin2021. 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