National Anthems of China: PRC and ROC

Two entities claim the name "China," each with its own anthem.

People's Republic of China (PRC)

• Official Name: "Yìyǒngjūn Jìnxíngqǔ" (义勇军进行曲) — March of the Volunteers.
• Lyrics: Tian Han (1934); Music: Nie Er (1935).
• Origin: Theme song for the film Children of Troubled Times (1935), anti-Japanese resistance.
• Adopted: 1949 (provisional); 1982 (constitutional).
• Key Line: "Arise, ye who refuse to be slaves! / With our flesh and blood, let us build a new Great Wall!"

Republic of China (ROC) — Taiwan

• Official Name: "Zhōnghuá Mínguó Gémìng Gē" (中華民國革命歌) — Song of the Chinese National Revolution (also called National Flag Anthem in some contexts).
• Lyrics & Music: Multiple versions; current official lyrics by Huang Tzu (music) and Taiwan Provincial Government (lyrics, 1930s/40s).
• Note: The ROC also uses "Sān Mín Zhǔyì" (Three Principles of the People) as its party anthem (KMT) and de facto secondary anthem.
• Adopted: 1930 (mainland); retained in Taiwan post-1949.

Distinction

• PRC anthem = Communist revolutionary legacy.
• ROC anthem = Sun Yat-sen's nationalist revolution (1911).
• Both are performed at respective state functions, Olympics (PRC as "China," ROC as "Chinese Taipei").