File:Flag of the Empire of China (1915–1916) - variant.svg

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Description	中文（简体）：中华帝国在洪宪元年国旗中文（繁體）：中華帝國在洪憲元年國旗 English: A modern reconstructed variant version of the Flag of the Empire of China in 1916 Deutsch: Flagge des Kaiserreichs China im Jahre 1916 日本語: 中華帝国の国旗　洪憲元年 한국어: 中華帝國의國旗　洪憲元年 / 중화제국의국기　홍헌원년 Português: Bandeira do Império da China em 1916
Date	1915-1916
Source	EXTRACTED (AND OPTIMIZED CODE) FROM AN OLD VERSION OF THIS FILE: File:Flag of the Empire of China (1915–1916).svg Please note [3] is a modern reconstruction, with printed colors and sewn borders with sewing machine.
Author	For this upload: FDRMRZUSA. See File history in sourced file for further informations related to original authors.
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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	14:57, 15 September 2020	900 × 600 (415 bytes)	FDRMRZUSA	Further simplification of the internal structure. Re-optimized svg code before upload. No other changes.
	20:40, 14 September 2020	900 × 600 (628 bytes)	FDRMRZUSA	Simplified internal geometric structure. Re-optimized svg code before upload. No other changes.
	17:53, 14 September 2020	900 × 600 (506 bytes)	FDRMRZUSA	Uploaded a work by See ralated "File history" for further details. from EXTRACTED FROM AN OLD VERSION OF THIS FILE: File:Flag of the Empire of China (1915–1916).svg. with UploadWizard