PLA

American  

abbreviation

1. People's Liberation Army.

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PLA British  

abbreviation

1. Port of London Authority

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Example Sentences

The missiles create a “multilayered offensive kill network” enabling Japan to strike targets along the coasts as well as inland areas of neighboring countries, the Chinese military’s flagship newspaper, PLA Daily, said in March.

From The Wall Street Journal

About 52% of PLA leadership positions have been impacted, according to the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

From BBC

Xi wants to avoid that so he can have "lasting influence with the PLA," Hart writes.

From BBC

"But as an analyst, it sure looks like the PLA is, as directed, developing the capabilities required to credibly threaten an invasion in 2027."

From Barron's

"I didn't expect to be worried about the cessation of PLA operations around Taiwan, but the lack of a rational explanation is disconcerting," Drew Thompson, a senior fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University, wrote on Substack.

From Barron's