Flag of Vietnam with Bảo Đại as emperor. The "Quẻ Ly" Flag, also a red trigram on a yellow background, was adopted in June. Among other things, "Quẻ Ly" symbolizes the direction south. Bảo Đại abdicated in August when Japan surrendered. The French returned in October 1945, but were challenged by the Vietminh, especially in the North. The French proclaimed Cochinchina a republic in June 1946. This puppet state adopted a "Quẻ Càn" flag with blue stripes on a yellow background. In May 1948, the name of the Cochinchina government was changed to "Provisional Central Government of Vietnam" in preparation for a merger
Flag of Mengjiang flag formerly used by the Republic of China. Flag of Mengjiang The flag used by the Mengjiang United Autonomous Government consists of a horizontal colour pattern of yellow, blue, white, red, white, blue and again yellow. The colors on the flag were used to represent major ethnic groups in Mengjiang: the Mongols (blue); the Japanese (red); the Han (yellow) and the "Hui" (the name given to the Muslims at that time) (white). South Chahar, North Shanxi and Mongol Military Government each had their respective flag before merged with Mengjiang United Autonomous Government. The colors on the flag of Mengjiang is