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  2. Inside China's paramilitary force that could be key in an ...

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    "That is the purview of the PLA," said Joel Wuthnow, a senior research fellow at the Center for the Study of Chinese Military Affairs at the National Defense University in DC. The PLA is China's ...

  3. China's special forces are untested. Success in a Taiwan ...

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    "PLA SOF brigades are similar to our Green Berets, who do conduct unconventional operations, such as direct raids or deep reconnaissance behind enemy lines," Wuthnow said. "What the PLA lacks is ...

  4. Xi brought down powerful rivals in the military. Now he’s ...

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    A decade on, having given the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) a structural overhaul and stacked its top ranks with his own men, the supreme leader is still knee-deep in his seemingly endless ...

  5. East Sea Fleet - Wikipedia

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    ETCN headquarters is at Ningbo, with additional bases in Fujian and Zhoushan.It controls coastal defenses from Lianyungang to Dongshan County. [8]In 2017, subunits included:

  6. People's Armed Police - Wikipedia

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    1955–1959: Public Security Corps, under the PLA; 1959–1963: People's Armed Police, under the joint leadership of the MPS and the PLA; 1963–1966: Chinese People's Public Security Force, under the joint leadership of the MPS and the PLA; 1966–1982: PLA Internal Guard, absorbed into the PLA in an integrated structure. In 1971 and 1973 ...

  7. People's Liberation Army Special Operations Forces - Wikipedia

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    In the People's Republic of China, the special operations forces of the People's Liberation Army (PLA SOF) are units that conduct direct action and reconnaissance, including in enemy rear areas, to prepare the advance of friendly forces; they also perform counter-terrorism operations, although that mission is formally assigned to People's Armed Police.

  8. How ready is China’s military? Dramatic downfall of two ...

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    Joel Wuthnow, a senior research fellow at the Pentagon-funded National Defense University, said the carefully worded phrase points to collusion between the state-owned enterprises that manufacture ...

  9. 73rd Group Army - Wikipedia

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    The 73rd Group Army is a formation of China's People's Liberation Army Ground Force (PLAGF) subordinated to the Eastern Theater Command (ETC). The ETC's area of responsibility includes Taiwan, [1] and the 73rd Group Army includes amphibious forces.