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Flag of Taiwan, Taiwan is the common name of the Republic of China (ROC) since 1949 when armed forces of the Communist Party of China seized control of all of mainland China and proclaimed the People's Republic of China (PRC), while the government of the ROC was forced out of mainland China and is now situated in Taiwan and surrounding islands.

The canton features the flag of the National People's Party (Kuomintang, KMT) of China, supporters of the KMT are commonly known as Nationalists. The flag was also historically known as the Chinese United League (Tongmenghui) that initiated the 1911 Revolution against the Qing dynasty that resulted in the overthrow of the monarchy and the establishment of a republic. The flag was adopted in 1928 when the KMT became the governing party of a de facto single-party system in China from 1928-49 and in Taiwan from 1949-86 where the KMT governed while other parties allied with the KMT were officially permitted but there was no possibility of them displacing the KMT in elections. Since 1986 Taiwan has been a multi-party system.

During the initial part of the Cold War the Western bloc referred to the ROC as representing the legitimate state of China while the Eastern bloc referred to the PRC as the legitimate state of China. In the 1970s improved relations between the United States and the government of the PRC resulted in the United Nations recognizing the PRC as China. Referring to the ROC as Taiwan became widespread after this.

Note 1: Due to controversies surrounding the political topics that this flag is associated I am noting here that I am not uploading this for political purposes, I am uploading this for vexillological and historical purposes, support or usage of this file by others for political purposes is their decision.

Note 2: I use a standard palette of shades of colours for the flag designs. Contrary to the images of flags depicted on Wikipedia, I do not follow the "official" shades of colours claimed by governments as well as alternate history flags based on flags of existing countries. The problem is that it commonly results in bizarre shading of a flag if they are taken literally - in practice such "official" colour shades are almost never applied and standard reds, blues, etc, are used.

Description
Flag of Taiwan, Taiwan is the common name of the Republic of China (ROC) since 1949 when armed forces of the Communist Party of China seized control of all of mainland China and proclaimed the People's Republic of China (PRC), while the government of the ROC was forced out of mainland China and is now situated in Taiwan and surrounding islands.

The canton features the flag of the National People's Party (Kuomintang, KMT) of China, supporters of the KMT are commonly known as Nationalists. The flag was also historically known as the Chinese United League (Tongmenghui) that initiated the 1911 Revolution against the Qing dynasty that resulted in the overthrow of the monarchy and the establishment of a republic. The flag was adopted in 1928 when the KMT became the governing party of a de facto single-party system in China from 1928-49 and in Taiwan from 1949-86 where the KMT governed while other parties allied with the KMT were officially permitted but there was no possibility of them displacing the KMT in elections. Since 1986 Taiwan has been a multi-party system.

During the initial part of the Cold War the Western bloc referred to the ROC as representing the legitimate state of China while the Eastern bloc referred to the PRC as the legitimate state of China. In the 1970s improved relations between the United States and the government of the PRC resulted in the United Nations recognizing the PRC as China. Referring to the ROC as Taiwan became widespread after this.

Note 1: Due to controversies surrounding the political topics that this flag is associated I am noting here that I am not uploading this for political purposes, I am uploading this for vexillological and historical purposes, support or usage of this file by others for political purposes is their decision.

Note 2: I use a standard palette of shades of colours for the flag designs. Contrary to the images of flags depicted on Wikipedia, I do not follow the "official" shades of colours claimed by governments as well as alternate history flags based on flags of existing countries. The problem is that it commonly results in bizarre shading of a flag if they are taken literally - in practice such "official" colour shades are almost never applied and standard reds, blues, etc, are used.