Talk:Flag of the People's Republic of China
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[edit] Previous discussion
- See also the previous discussion at Talk:Flag of China before the title of the page was changed.
I added a description of the construction of the PRC flag. I am interested in carrying over to wikipedia the precise geometric 'construction' of most national flags; while correct, of course my language is very bulky and leaves much to be desired. A graphic should be uploaded later. -Cory
- Is there a precise definition for the specific yellow and red colours to be used in the flag? -- Anon.
[edit] Symbolism of the stars
Wouldn't it make more sense for the stars to symbolize the Party (largest), the workers, the farmers, the soldiers and the state? This is what several Chinese citizens have told me in varying terms. It's more logical than representing the "petty bourgeousie" and "patriotic capitalists", neither of which would be in a Communist nation's flag. Mao considered capitalism to be evil; he wouldn't raise a flag celebrating even "patriotic" capitalists.
Nevermind, I fail; I translated part of the Chinese article and the English article is correct. (suspect postscript edit)
Why did some people keep adding the "worker, farmer, student, and soldier" explanation as an alternative? As a mainland Chinese, I've never heard of this version. If you google Chinese flag in Chinese, all you can see is the capitalists version.
[edit] Five-star red flag
Xinhua News Agency/People's Daily uses the "five-star red flag" translation.[1] --Voidvector 17:07, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
Is 'Flag Construction' really necessary?
- Not in any such cumbersome textual detail. I removed it. --ScottMainwaring 06:36, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
Growing up in mainland and always an A student, including polical science and history, I feel obligated to share what I know. I just added the meaning of the colors of the Chinese flag.
As for the four smaller stars, the implication of workers, farmers/peasants, soldiers, and petty petty bourgeoisie was correct, unless one wants to interpret/translate the petty bourgeoisie as small businessmen. It's only the tranlation issue. It is true that the CCP regarded bourgeoisie as evil and so the word Petty is important here. Basically, again, they really meant small businesses.
The important thing here is to recognize that the big star represents CCP. It doesn't represent Han Chinese as a majority. Because the government actually have tried to equalize rights for the minorities, if not actually gave them more.
[edit] Meaning of war/naval flag?
There is no explanation for the symbols used in the war and naval flag. --84.189.125.142 15:39, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
