The flag of the People's Republic of China is red with four small yellow stars surrounding one larger star on the upper corner near the flag pole.

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Walking along Liberty Plaza in lower Manhattan is a guy in a knit hat carrying a large Chinese flag and a handful of China Daily newspapers.

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The founding partners of the Sequoia Capital China team broke up in China in early 2009, as one prominent example, with Neil Shen carrying the flag forward with a record number of IPOs from China deals.

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Some Chinese officers want to fly the flag ever farther afield as a demonstration of China's rise.

ECONOMIST: China's military might

For China, the deployment in the Gulf of Aden is as much about flying the flag and showing solidarity with a multinational effort as it is about making a real difference to the security of Chinese shipping in the region.

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