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| Coat of Arms of the Republic of China | |
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| Armiger | The Republic of China |
| Adopted | 17 December 1928 (Nationalist government) 25 October 1945 (Taiwan) |
| Relinquished | 1 October 1949 (Mainland China) |
| Shield | Upon a circular escutcheon azure, a sun in splendour argent, its disc of diameter one-third the breadth of the escutcheon, encompassed by an annulet of the field one-fifteenth the sun's diameter, from which issue twelve rays in acute angles of thirty degrees, four rays in cross pointing to the cardinal quarters with eight intermediate rays equally spaced, all rays reaching to a distance from the escutcheon's edge equal to the sun's radius. |
| Use | 1928–1949 (Mainland China) 1945–present (Taiwan) |
| Party Emblem of the Kuomintang | |
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| Armiger | Kuomintang |
 Naval Jack, Party Flag | |
| "Blue Sky with a White Sun" flag (青天白日旗) | |
| Use | Kuomintang party flag and the ROC naval jack |
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| Proportion | 2:3 |
| Adopted | 1895 |
| Design | A white sun with twelve rays on blue background. |
| Designed by | Lu Haodong |
| Alternate dark blue version for the "Blue Sky with a White Sun" flag | |
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The Blue Sky with a White Sun (Chinese: 青天白日; pinyin: Qīngtiān Báirì) is the national emblem of the Republic of China, both during its history in mainland China and on Taiwan.
In the "Blue Sky with a White Sun" symbol, the twelve rays of the white Sun representing the twelve months and the twelve traditional Chinese hours (時辰; shíchen), each of which corresponds to two modern hours and symbolizes the spirit of progress.[citation needed]