People’s Liberation Army

principal military force of the People's Republic of China
Organization armed_forces Q200106
People’s Liberation Army
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People’s Liberation Army

Summary

People’s Liberation Army is an armed forces[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of armed_forces entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,937 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • People’s Liberation Army is in the country of People's Republic of China[3].
  • People’s Liberation Army's image is recorded as PLA soldiers.jpg[4].
  • People’s Liberation Army's instance of is recorded as armed forces[5].
  • People’s Liberation Army's instance of is recorded as regular army[6].
  • People’s Liberation Army's flag image is recorded as Flag of the People's Liberation Army.svg[7].
  • People’s Liberation Army's founder is recorded as Chinese Communist Party[8].
  • People’s Liberation Army's logo image is recorded as China Emblem PLA.svg[9].
  • People’s Liberation Army's headquarters location is recorded as Beijing[10].
  • People’s Liberation Army's flag is recorded as flag of the People's Liberation Army[11].
  • People’s Liberation Army's ISNI is recorded as 0000000122672324[12].
  • People’s Liberation Army's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 154855848[13].
  • People’s Liberation Army's GND ID is recorded as 1039400-X[14].
  • People’s Liberation Army's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n79092531[15].
  • People’s Liberation Army's IdRef ID is recorded as 078650534[16].
  • People’s Liberation Army's part of is recorded as Chinese Communist Party[17].
  • People’s Liberation Army's part of is recorded as People's Republic of China[18].
  • People’s Liberation Army's part of is recorded as military of China[19].
  • People’s Liberation Army's Commons category is recorded as Chinese People's Liberation Army[20].
  • People’s Liberation Army's Libraries Australia ID is recorded as 36597523[21].
  • People’s Liberation Army's has part is recorded as People's Liberation Army Ground Force[22].
  • People’s Liberation Army's has part is recorded as People's Liberation Army Air Force[23].
  • People’s Liberation Army's has part is recorded as People's Liberation Army Navy[24].
  • People’s Liberation Army's has part is recorded as People's Liberation Army Rocket Force[25].
  • People’s Liberation Army's has part is recorded as People's Liberation Army Joint Logistic Support Force[26].
  • People’s Liberation Army's has part is recorded as People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force[27].

Body

Founding

People’s Liberation Army's founder is recorded as Chinese Communist Party[8]. +1927-08-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of it[28].

Identity

Part of include Chinese Communist Party[17], a political party[29], in People's Republic of China[30], founded in 1921[31], headquartered in Zhongnanhai[32]; People's Republic of China[18], a sovereign state[33], in People's Republic of China[34], founded in 1949[35]; and military of China[19].

Operations

People’s Liberation Army's headquarters location is recorded as Beijing[10]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as Central Military Commission[36].

Why It Matters

People’s Liberation Army ranks in the top 2% of armed_forces entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,937 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] It is known by 104 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . cnnespanol.cnn.com. cnnespanol.cnn.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . openstreetmap.org. Retrieved . openstreetmap.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.
  27. [36] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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