People's Liberation Army
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The People's Liberation Army is the military wing of the Chinese Communist Party and the primary armed forces of the People's Republic of China. It consists of four services—Ground Force, Navy, Air Fo
PLA troops entering Beijing in 1949 during the Chinese Civil War
Chinese troops gathered on a T-34/85 or a Type 58 medium tank leaving North Korea in 1958, 5 years after the Korean War ended with an armistice (a ceasefire) in 1953. The banner in the background of the picture bears a slogan (in Chinese) which declares "The Friendship And Unity of the North Korean And Chinese Peoples Are Always Steadfast And Strong!"
Marshal Lin Biao surveying the soldiers during the 10th-anniversary military parade in 1959
The PLA Honor Guard in Beijing, 2007
The People's Liberation Army Navy is the maritime service branch of the People's Liberation Army. The world's largest navy by number of vessels, it maintains more than 700 warships and support vessels
A gunboat in used in the Battle of Toumenshan
PLAN Captain Wang, commanding officer of the destroyer Jinan greets USN Captain Lyle Hall during a goodwill port visit in 2015
A Type 052C destroyer, Changchun, in Butterworth, Penang, Malaysia in 2017
Sailors from the U.S. Navy talk with Chinese Navy sailors from the destroyer Xi'an after the Rim of the Pacific 2016 (RIMPAC 2016) exercise