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- proper noun military, China People's Liberation Army Ground Force, the
army branch of themilitary arm of thePeople's Republic of China . - proper noun military, China The military arm of the People's Republic of China
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a radical terrorist group dedicated to the removal of British forces from Northern Ireland and the unification of Ireland
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Examples
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It's not likely the People's Liberation Army is the kind of patron that would push Huawei to think more like Apple.
Generic Giants 2009
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But the soldiers of the People's Liberation Army, which is leading the nation's rescue efforts, are taking great risks, coming to remote areas by air, water, and over mountains to reach the people they have pledged to protect.
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And by all accounts, the relief effort has been enormous -- including the largest airlift, Xinhua said, in the history of the two-million-member People's Liberation Army, which is running the campaign.
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The People's Liberation Army has been the Chinese institution least receptive to wider contact with the West and with the United States in particular.
The Seattle Times 2011
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In China, the People's Liberation Army is the second most powerful wing of the state (after the Communist Party).
CounterPunch 2010
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In China, the People's Liberation Army is the second most powerful wing of the state (after the Communist Party).
CounterPunch 2010
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In China, the People's Liberation Army is the second most powerful wing of the state (after the Communist Party).
CounterPunch 2010
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In China, the People's Liberation Army is the second most powerful wing of the state (after the Communist Party).
CounterPunch 2010
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There is ` concern 'over China's rapid modernization of its 2. 25-million People's Liberation Army, which is not restricted to just the Tibetan Autonomous Region but spreads all across.
The Times of India 2010
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The Maoist army, called the People's Liberation Army or PLA, wants some sort of union that allows its top commanders to keep high ranks, and keep a discreet PLA unit.
British Blogs 2009
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