[Grammar] Desk clock with chinese flag.

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arjitsharma

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I would like to know why no article is added before "chinese flag".
Desk clock with chinese flag.
I have seen this written an online shopping.
 
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It's not a sentence. It's an advertisement. Haven't we had this conversation recently? (It could have been someone else).
 
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In advertisements, articles are usually omitted for the sake of space.
 
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Even in an advertisement, though, "Chinese" should be capitalised.
 
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Adverts, notes, headlines and titles may omit things like articles to focus on what matters to them.
 
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