Chinese Army

Two modern armies have been known in English as the Chinese Army:

  • People's Liberation Army of the People's Republic of China
  • Republic of China Army (on Taiwan), which succeeded the National Revolutionary Army in 1947

For Chinese armies before 1912, see:

  • Military history of China (pre-1911)

Famous quotes containing the words chinese and/or army:

    “I find it more credible, since it is anterior information, that one man should know heaven, as the Chinese say, than that so many men should know the world.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “Roach, foulest of creatures,
    who attacks with yellow teeth
    and an army of cousins big as shoes ...”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)