This is obviously fake. Everyone knows Mao was a brutal authoritarian, so they would have chosen his flag or they would have been executed by being filled up with helium like Super Mario and floated off into space where they would freeze solid.
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My vote’s for Mao’s. The people’s party and the mass line. Simple.
Mao forgot to being the authoritarian dictator here.
That’s something he tends to forget a lot
The third one down in the rightmost column would make a good email app icon.
××××××××123@redmail.com
My favorites are probably the 2nd from the right middle row, the one right below the winning flag, Unknown 3 and Unknown 4, and Unknown 7.
Honestly I think Unknown 7 would be my favorite if the vertical line was a little thinner. Otherwise I like the pne right below the winning flag.
Mao's is also a standout design and of course the winning flag is amazing, I kinda wish they kept the Hammer and Sickle in the star.
As a flag appreciator, I tend to over design my own, so I think that's why I tend towards my stated preferences.
I think they chose the right one, although Mao's version is a close second
For me the close second would be the one right below the official PRC flag. I just like that classic socialist design where you frame something with two curved wheat stalks. I can't tell in this resolution if that's what it is, but it looks close enough to it that it gives off the right vibes. The one where the smaller stars go vertically is fine too, but i think the semi-circle arrangement was ultimately the right choice.
Not really into any of the ones with stripes, horizontal stripes on flags just don't look appealing me. I especially don't like the one that looks like the Spanish flag, or the ones that look like the South Vietnamese flag. And the ones that look too much like the Republic of China flags (either the earlier one with the multicolored stripes or the later one with the blue square in the corner) also give off the wrong vibe.
You want a clean break with reactionary government formations, at least that's what i think.
I liked the unknown 3 quite a lot, and de 2 and 7 as well, but I agree that they picked correctly
Hmm, I actually really like Kang Jian's design except for the colour palette. Fits very well for the industrial powerhouse that the PRC is today. I think swaping out green for dark blue and white for yellow might look better.
Any info on what the different designs represent? Like why is there a random line in Mao’s?
The line is to represent the Yellow River iirc
Party line.
Wtf la estelada 