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People’s Liberation Army

principal military force of the People's Republic of China
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Summary

People’s Liberation Army is an armed forces[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of armed forces entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21,957 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: People's Republic of China[3]
  • Instance of: regular army[4]
  • Founder: Chinese Communist Party[5]
  • Headquarters location: Beijing[6]
  • Flag: flag of the People's Liberation Army[7]
  • Part of: Chinese Communist Party[8], People's Republic of China[9], military of China[10]
  • Commons category: Chinese People's Liberation Army[11]
  • Has part(s): People's Liberation Army Ground Force[12], People's Liberation Army Air Force[13], People's Liberation Army Navy[14], People's Liberation Army Rocket Force[15], People's Liberation Army Joint Logistic Support Force[16], People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force[17], People's Liberation Army Information Support Force[18], People's Liberation Army Cyberspace Force[19], People's Liberation Army Aerospace Force[20], People's Liberation Army Navy Marine Corps[21], People's Liberation Army Navy Submarine Force[22], People's Liberation Army Navy Surface Force[23], People's Liberation Army Naval Air Force[24]
  • Inception: August 1, 1927[25]
  • Participated in conflict: Korean War[26], First Taiwan Strait Crisis[27], Sino-Indian War[28], Sino-Soviet border conflict[29], Sino-Vietnamese War[30], Second Sino-Japanese War[31], Second Taiwan Strait Crisis[32], Tielieketi military incident[33], Vietnam War[34], Chinese Communist Revolution[35]
  • Parent organization or unit: Central Military Commission[36]
  • Official website: http://eng.chinamil.com.cn/[37], http://www.81.cn/[38], http://www.81.cn/?big=fan[39]
  • Topic's main category: Category:People's Liberation Army[40]
  • Commons gallery: 中国人民解放军[41]
  • Allegiance: Chinese Communist Party[42], People's Republic of China[43]
  • Described by source: Q141715532[44]
  • Participant in: Vostok 2018[45]
  • Replaces: Eighth Route Army[46], New Fourth Army[47], Northeastern People's Liberation Army[48], Ili National Army[49]
  • Motto text: 为人民服务[50]
  • Motto: Serve the People[51]
  • Owner of: 解放军女子足球队[52]
  • Different from: military of China[53], People's Liberation Army[54]
  • Member count: 2,545,000[55]
  • History of topic: history of the People's Liberation Army[56]
  • Position held by head of the organization: Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the People's Republic of China[57], Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Chinese Communist Party[58]

Why It Matters

People’s Liberation Army has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[59] It is known by 134 alternative names across languages and contexts.[60]

Related Entities

Beijing Chen Yi Deng Xiaoping Jun Li Liu Shaoqi Mao Zedong People's Republic of China Ren Zhengfei Xi Jinping Yang Shangkun Yang Xuejun Ziyuan

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [59] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [60] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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