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Asia

Taiwan

Ratio: 2:3 Adopted: October 28, 1928 Usage: National

A blue flag with a The flag is said to
white sun was the represent “a white
party flag of the sun in a blue sky
Kuomingtang. over red land”
Each ray represents
two hours of a day

Red recalls the Han Chinese,
the dominant ethnicity in China

Asia
Taiwan was formerly part of China. It became a
#HINA
separate state in 1949 under the Nationalist Party,
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which was expelled from government in Beijing.
The flag adopted for Taiwan or unending progress, each ray
Formosa, as it was known, had been represents two hours of the day.
the national flag of China. It was
used from 1928–1949 when the THE TAIPEI OLYMPIC FLAG
Kuomingtang, the Chinese This flag was adopted by Taiwan
Nationalist Party was in power. specifically for use at the Olympic
The red field represents China, Games, where its national flag was
the blue canton and white sun was not accepted. It combines red, white,
the party flag of the Kuomingtang. and blue; the national colors of
The 12 rays of sunshine symbolize Taiwan and the Olympic emblem.

THE TAIPEI OLYMPIC FLAG
Blue, red, and white
The sun symbol is taken are the national colors
from the national flag

The emblem of connected
rings shows that it is an
Olympic flag

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