<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Yue: Cantonese </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Yale Romanization </Th> <Td> Ngh sèng gùng kei </Td> </Tr> <P> The flag of China, also known as the Five - star Red Flag, is a red field charged in the canton (upper corner nearest the flagpole) with five golden stars . The design features one large star, with four smaller stars in a semicircle set off towards the fly (the side farthest from the flag pole). The red represents the communist revolution; the five stars and their relationship represent the unity of the Chinese people under the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC). The first flag was hoisted by the People's Liberation Army (PLA) on a pole overlooking Beijing's Tiananmen Square on 1 October 1949, at a ceremony announcing the establishment of the People's Republic of China . </P> <P> Other flags used in the People's Republic use a red background to symbolize the revolution in conjunction with other symbols . The flag of the People's Liberation Army uses the gold star with the Chinese characters 8 - 1 (for 1 August, the date of the PLA's founding). The flag of the Communist Party of China replaces all of the stars with the party emblem . Due to government regulations, cities and provinces of China cannot have their own flags; the only sub-national flags that exist are those of the Hong Kong and Macau Special Administrative Regions . Despite this, at least two cities have adopted flags after the law was passed . The cities of Kaifeng and Shangrao adopted their flags in March 2006 and March 2009 respectively . This implies that the law is either repealed or not enforced . </P>

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