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[[File:PLA_8459.jpg|frame|Air, land, or sea; They're ''all'' in the Army.]]
Being the country with the largest population in the world, it's not surprising that [[China]] has more men and women under arms than any other, with over ''four million'' military personnel, including reservists and the para-military People's Armed Police. Technically, military service with the People's Liberation Army is obligatory for all male and female Chinese citizens, but in practice the supply of volunteers is such that conscription has never been enforced. All eighteen-year-olds have to register themselves with the government authorities, in a manner somewhat similar to the Selective Service System of the [[United States of America|United States]].
All armed forces of the People's Republic of China are part of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) leading to its air and naval forces being referred to in English as the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) and People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) respectively. The PLA is in the process of shifting its emphasis from massed ground-forces to increasing the strength of its naval and air power, as China's focus now shifts from defending its land frontiers to projecting its interests in the rest of the world.
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China has reasonably capable air forces, but only in its local region. Most of its technology is Soviet in origin, with the country ordering the Su-30. The naval branch is medium-sized and transitioning from a primarily coastal-defence force to one with regional capability. More modern nuclear submarines, and aircraft-carriers(the first one is an old, half finished Soviet carrier), are much-discussed potential additions. The PLA also has missiles to destroy aircraft-carriers.
Currently, China has been making huge pushes to modernize their armed forces to be able to compete with the United States. In addition to trying to build their own blue water navy, China has developed its own homegrown stealth jet. The PLAAF now have
Despite the trope name, the Chinese do not employ attack helicopters and gunships in the same manner as the US or Russia, and most Chinese military helicopters are utility helicopters fulfilling support roles. This is expected to change following the introduction of the WZ-10, which is nicknamed 城管, or "Urban Management Chopper" for a joke that the chopper might be deployed by law enforcement offices to use them on street vendors.
The standard rifle is the QBZ-95(bullpup) and QBZ-03 (an improved Type-81 design) rifle. Older rifles such as the Type-81 or [[AKA-47|Type-56 (AK-47)]] are used for training purposes or in secondary forces. The PLA is also testing s OICW weapon system based on the QBZ-03 and features of the French FELIN system.
'''Chinese Nukes'''
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** Incidentally, one of the most prominent and overpowered Chinese units in the expansion was indeed an armed transport helicopter, the Helix.
** Someone forgot to mention the PLA had driven the terrorists out of... Central Europe.
* They will appear in the ''[[Red Dawn]]'' remake, replacing [[Reds
** Nope! As of March 2011 they've now been replaced by [[North Koreans With Nodongs]]. And you thought ''China'' invading the USA was implausible!
** After all, North Korea isn't the country with the second-biggest film audience after the US. [[Money, Dear Boy|Money, dear boy.]]
* Red Alert 2, a previous Command & Conquer game, featured the opposing armies of the Allies and the Soviets. The Chinese weren't happy about the fact that they weren't included, so macho fans made tons of game modifications, which added the PLA as a [[Purposefully Overpowered]] faction that simply invalidated the use of any other.
** Also absent in ''[[Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3]]'', though the ''[[Red Alert 3 Paradox]]'' mod is scheduled to add THREE Chinese factions (1 full, 2 small ones) just as batshit insane as the other factions, drawing inspiration from [[Atom Punk]], [[
* Rather implausibly described invading Russia in Tom Clancy's ''The Bear And The Dragon'', where they were massacred by Russians with American high-tech support.
** Not as implasable as you might think. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Soviet_border_conflict#Border_conflict_of_1969\]
* A slightly higher-tech PLA was one of the playable factions in ''[[Battlefield (
** And ''Battlefield 2142'' featured the PAC, the Pan-Asian Coalition, an alliance between Chinese and Russian military, outfitted with cutting edge technology, including hovertanks, energy weapons on their battlewalkers and VTOL craft fully enclosed in armor with rear projection cockpits, all of that opposed to the more conventional EU forces.
* They are the antagonists in the (quite appropriately named) open-world FPS ''[[Operation Flashpoint|Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising]]'' and its sequel ''Red River''.
* In ''[[Fallout]]'' backstory, [[The End of the World
* China is one of the recurring factions in the ''[[Mercenaries]]'' series, and plenty of their hardware and troops are featured in the games.
* Chinese soldiers serve as [[Mook|Mooks]] during the [[Captain Obvious|Chinese Embassy]] levels in the original [[Splinter Cell]]. {{spoiler|Less of a straight example, since they are led by a [[Renegade Russian|rogue nationalist general]] in league with the Georgian government}}.
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