{"slug": "people-s-liberation-army", "label": "People's Liberation Army", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Liberation_Army", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q200106", "qid": "Q200106", "description": "principal military force of the People's Republic of China", "entries": 9, "years": 9, "span": [1927, 2020], "span_label": ["1927 CE", "2020 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 9}], "also_known_as": ["Chinese Army", "Chinese People's Liberation Army"], "related": [{"slug": "taiwan", "label": "Taiwan", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "china", "label": "China", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "kuomintang", "label": "Kuomintang", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "beijing", "label": "Beijing", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "north-korea", "label": "North Korea", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "khmer-rouge", "label": "Khmer Rouge", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "pyongyang", "label": "Pyongyang", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "yangtze", "label": "Yangtze", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "chinese-communist-party", "label": "Chinese Communist Party", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1927, "year_label": "1927 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 1", "text": "August 1 – The Communist Chinese People's Liberation Army is formed, during the Nanchang Uprising.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370012373#August", "title": "1927", "revid": 1370012373, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1934, "year_label": "1934 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 16", "text": "October 16 – The Long March of the People's Liberation Army of the Chinese Communist Party begins.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372993239#September–October", "title": "1934", "revid": 1372993239, "section": "Events › September–October"}}, {"year": 1949, "year_label": "1949 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 31", "text": "July 31 – Captain Kerans of HMS Amethyst decides to make a break after nightfall, under heavy fire from the Chinese People's Liberation Army on both sides of the Yangtze River, and successfully rejoins the fleet at Woosung the next day.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370167995#July", "title": "1949", "revid": 1370167995, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 1950, "year_label": "1950 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 7", "text": "October 7 – Battle of Chamdo: The Annexation of Tibet by the People's Republic of China, begins with the Chinese People's Liberation Army invading across the Jinsha River. By October 19 they will have taken the border town of Chamdo, and the Tibetan army will have surrendered.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371638577#October", "title": "1950", "revid": 1371638577, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1955, "year_label": "1955 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 18", "text": "January 18–20 – Battle of Yijiangshan Islands: The Chinese Communist People's Liberation Army seizes the islands from the Republic of China (Taiwan).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371173508#January", "title": "1955", "revid": 1371173508, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1958, "year_label": "1958 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 23", "text": "August 23 – The Second Taiwan Strait Crisis begins with the People's Republic of China's People's Liberation Army shelling the island of Kinmen (Quemoy) which is controlled by the Republic of China (Taiwan)'s Kuomintang forces.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371827125#August", "title": "1958", "revid": 1371827125, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1978, "year_label": "1978 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 10", "text": "March 10 - The leadership of \"Angkar,\" had fostered a cult of personality centered on the \"Supreme authority\", which continues omnipresent and demanded complete loyalty to the \"Communist Party of Kampuchea\" (CPK), the People's Republic of China was the primary benefactor of the military provided by the People's Liberation Army (PLA) with the vast majority of its external support from China, while North Korea (DPRK) also served as a significant and loyal ally to the Khmer Rouge, though its material contributions were secondary to those from Beijing, with Pyongyang became generally the second-largest trading partner after China, which both maintained strong, unique ties of the geopolitical alliances between the two nations.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364639481#March", "title": "1978 in Cambodia", "revid": 1364639481, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 1995, "year_label": "1995 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 21", "text": "July 21–26 – Third Taiwan Strait Crisis: The Chinese People's Liberation Army fires missiles into the waters north of Taiwan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372467239#July", "title": "1995", "revid": 1372467239, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 2020, "year_label": "2020 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 9", "text": "May 9 – Several Chinese and Indian soldiers are injured in a cross-border clash at the Nathu La crossing. About 150 troops participated in the face-off, which involved fistfights and stone-throwing.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371633312#May", "title": "2020", "revid": 1371633312, "section": "Events › May"}}]}