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1950 Far Eastern Surv. 19 113/1 Kao Kang:..commander and political commissar, Northeast Military Headquarters, People's Liberation Army (PLA).

1962 E. Snow Other Side of River (1963) xxxix. 290 Chinese don't use the old word ping, or ‘soldier’, any more; the P.L.A. has only chan-shih, or ‘fighters’.

1990 Airforces Monthly Nov. 11/1 A combination of conscripts and volunteers, the PLA did not show to advantage in the war against Iran.

1925 P.L.A. Monthly Nov. 16/1 The warehouses of the P.L.A. become the Mecca of the woolbuyers of the world.

1936 Discovery Aug. 232/1 As for using it [sc. the Thames] for transport, that is left to P.L.A. tugs, brick-barges, and an occasional pleasure steamer.

1997 World Archeol. 29 133 Riparian ownership and associated responsibilities are split between boroughs, counties, the Crown Estates, the Port of London Authority (PLA), the Environment Agency and others.