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Description	中文（简体）：中国人民解放军军旗中文（繁體）：中國人民解放軍軍旗 English: Flag of the People's Liberation Army Русский: Флаг Народно-освободительной армии Китая
Date	15 June 1949 (flag design)
Source	Own work using: [1][2]
Author	See file history
SVG development InfoField	The SVG code is valid. This insignia was created with a text editor.

Original upload log

date/time	username	resolution	size	edit summary
10:24, 9 May 2007	PhiLiP	1,000×800	2 KB
23:46, 7 May 2007	PhiLiP	900×600	2 KB
23:41, 7 May 2007	PhiLiP	2,400×1,800	2 KB
23:40, 7 May 2007	PhiLiP	640×480	1 KB
20:51, 6 July 2006	Madden	900×600	2 KB	colours, exact star
18:02, 12 June 2006	Madden	900×600	2 KB	keeping colours parallel to Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
23:34, 3 March 2006	Masturbius	900×600	2 KB

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Flag of the People's Republic of China

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Georgia's parliament: On Amending the Law of Georgia "Charter of Liberty", No. 1867, 2013
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File history

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	06:28, 24 October 2023	750 × 600 (559 bytes)	Colohisto	Simpler code
	22:30, 20 November 2022	1,000 × 800 (589 bytes)	Huic2856	Reverted to version as of 22:22, 20 November 2022 (UTC)
	22:29, 20 November 2022	1,000 × 800 (868 bytes)	Huic2856	Reverted to version as of 11:16, 20 November 2022 (UTC)
	22:22, 20 November 2022	1,000 × 800 (589 bytes)	Huic2856	Reverted to version as of 17:32, 25 February 2022 (UTC)
	11:16, 20 November 2022	1,000 × 800 (868 bytes)	Mar545	Reverted to version as of 16:53, 25 February 2022 (UTC)
	17:32, 25 February 2022	1,000 × 800 (589 bytes)	ToughDonk	Reverted to version as of 15:47, 17 January 2022 (UTC)
	16:53, 25 February 2022	1,000 × 800 (868 bytes)	Shebejeyebeb	Reverted to version as of 05:25, 17 January 2012 (UTC)
	15:47, 17 January 2022	1,000 × 800 (589 bytes)	Mike Rohsopht	optimized, the right most vertex of the star and the left most vertex of the strokes should have the same x-coordinate.
	19:42, 8 January 2021	1,000 × 800 (914 bytes)	FDRMRZUSA	Matched color shades to latest version of File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg (see related file description for further reference informations). Optimized svg code before upload. No other changes.
	05:25, 17 January 2012	1,000 × 800 (868 bytes)	Alkari	code cleanup; star