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The 42 pages that link to People's Liberation Army, each with the reason it gives.

• Chinese Civil WarRelated: Its reorganization and battlefield victories turned the Communist movement into the mainland’s ruling power.

• Mao ZedongRelated: Mao relied on the army as a revolutionary force and later as an instrument of political order.

• Cultural RevolutionRelated: The army restored order in many areas after factional conflict escalated.

• People's Republic of ChinaRelated: Its party command distinguishes it from a military institution controlled solely through civilian state offices.

• Chinese Communist RevolutionRelated: Its survival and expansion gave the party an army capable of defeating Nationalist forces.

• Lin BiaoNarrower topic: Lin’s authority rested heavily on his leadership within the army and its political system.

• Zhu DeNarrower topic: Zhu became one of its principal commanders and helped shape its early organization.

• National Revolutionary ArmyCompared with: It fought alongside the NRA against Japan, then became its principal civil-war adversary.

• Nanchang UprisingNarrower topic: The uprising’s surviving troops contributed to the formation of this force.

• Beiyang ArmyCompared with: Its party-led structure offers a later contrast to the Beiyang Army’s personal and factional command networks.

• Jiang QingRelated: Military leaders and institutions became essential allies and rivals in her political maneuvering.

• 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacreRelated: Army units entered Beijing and suppressed the protests in early June.

• Four ModernizationsBroader topic: Modernizing the armed forces fulfilled the national-defense pillar.

• Central Military CommissionRelated: The commission directs the PLA, the largest service within China’s armed forces.

• Huaihai CampaignRelated: Its field armies coordinated the campaign's successive encirclements.

• June Fourth IncidentRelated: Army units entered Beijing and used lethal force to clear protest sites.

• Peng DehuaiBroader topic: Peng rose through its ranks before it became the People's Liberation Army.

• Seventeen Point AgreementRelated: Its advance into Tibet formed the military backdrop to the agreement.

• Whampoa Military AcademyRelated: Several academy-trained officers later held senior positions in its predecessor forces.

• Gang of FourRelated: Military leaders became decisive allies and opponents in the power struggle surrounding the group.

• Russian Armed ForcesCompared with: Comparison with China’s military clarifies a major neighboring power’s different party-state command model.

• Ye JianyingNarrower topic: Ye’s influence rested chiefly on his long service and senior command roles in the party’s armed forces.

• 2008 Sichuan earthquakeRelated: Military personnel were deployed for rescue, transport, and relief operations.

• HuaweiRelated: Huawei’s founder previously served as an engineer in the military; this history later fueled scrutiny of the company.

• Liaoshen CampaignNarrower topic: The campaign's victories strengthened the army that later advanced across China.

• Liu BochengNarrower topic: Liu’s command career helped shape the force that became China’s national military.

• Sino-Vietnamese WarRelated: Its units crossed the border, fought in northern Vietnam, and later withdrew.

• He LongNarrower topic: He Long helped build and command the forces that became the People's Liberation Army.

• Indian Armed ForcesCompared with: It is the military counterpart across India’s contested Himalayan frontier.

• Ren ZhengfeiRelated: Ren served as an engineer in the PLA before entering business.

• Xu XiangqianNarrower topic: Xu’s revolutionary commands and later posts belonged to the force that became the PLA.

• Chinese annexation of TibetRelated: Its advance into Tibet supplied the military pressure behind negotiations.

• Luo RonghuanNarrower topic: Luo held senior political and organizational responsibilities in this revolutionary army.

• Nie RongzhenRelated: Nie held senior command posts as the revolutionary army became the state’s armed forces.

• Su YuNarrower topic: Su Yu’s early military career developed within the Communist revolutionary forces.

• Yang ShangkunRelated: Yang served in Communist revolutionary organizations before the founding of the PRC.

• 2020–2021 China–India skirmishesRelated: Its Western Theater Command deployed forces in the confrontations opposite India.

• Campaign to Suppress CounterrevolutionariesRelated: Military and security organs helped suppress armed resistance and pursue suspected opponents.

• Lei FengNarrower topic: Lei Feng’s military service shaped the setting and discipline emphasized in his public biography.

• Ngapoi Ngawang JigmeRelated: Its 1950 advance into eastern Tibet preceded Ngapoi’s negotiations with the central government.

• Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tungRelated: The army first compiled and distributed the quotations for political study.

• Tibetan uprisingRelated: Its presence in Tibet intensified tensions that preceded the revolt.