People's Liberation Army | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-05-10

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Liberation_Army


00:02:18 1 Mission statement
00:02:57 2 History
00:03:06 2.1 Second Sino-Japanese War
00:06:08 2.2 1950s, 1960s and 1970s
00:11:33 2.3 Since 1980
00:19:22 2.4 Peacekeeping operations
00:20:06 2.5 Notable events
00:23:20 3 Organization
00:23:30 3.1 National military command
00:26:15 3.2 Military leadership
00:30:28 3.3 Central Military Commission
00:33:28 3.4 2016 military reforms
00:36:17 3.5 Theater commands
00:38:12 4 Service branches
00:40:45 4.1 Ground Force
00:43:45 4.2 Navy
00:45:20 4.3 Air Force
00:46:25 4.4 Rocket Force
00:47:23 4.5 Strategic Support Force
00:48:48 5 Conscription and terms of service
00:51:07 6 Military intelligence
00:51:18 6.1 Joint Staff Department
00:58:08 6.1.1 Second Department
01:05:39 6.1.2 Third Department
01:10:23 6.1.2.1 Monitoring stations
01:13:46 6.1.3 Fourth Department
01:14:57 6.2 Liaison Department
01:16:39 6.3 Special forces
01:19:42 6.4 Sea-based nuclear weapons
01:20:46 6.5 Other branches
01:21:14 7 Weapons and equipment
01:25:01 7.1 Cyberwarfare
01:26:53 7.2 Nuclear weapons
01:33:26 7.3 Space-based warfare
01:36:02 8 Military budget
01:39:54 9 Military spending
01:41:31 10 Commercial interests
01:44:53 11 Anthem and insignia
01:45:55 12 See also



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The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the armed forces of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and its founding and ruling political party, the Communist Party of China (CPC). The PLA consists of five professional service branches: the Ground Force, Navy, Air Force, Rocket Force, and the Strategic Support Force. Units around the country are assigned to one of five theater commands by geographical location. The PLA is the world's largest military force and constitutes the second largest defence budget in the world. It is one of the fastest modernising military powers in the world and has been termed as a potential military superpower, with significant regional defense and rising global power projection capabilities. China is also the third largest arms exporter in the world.
The PLA is under the command of the Central Military Commission (CMC) of the CPC. It is legally obliged to follow the principle of civilian control of the military, although in practical terms this principle has been implemented in such a way as to ensure the PLA is under the absolute control of the Communist Party. Its commander in chief is the Chairman of the Central Military Commission (usually the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China). Since 1949, China has used nine different military strategies, which the PLA calls “strategic guidelines.”  The most important came in 1956, 1980, and 1993.  In times of national emergency, the People's Armed Police and the People's Liberation Army militia act as a reserve and support element for the PLAGF.