{"id":155417,"date":"2026-07-30T22:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T22:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=155417"},"modified":"2026-07-30T22:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T22:00:08","slug":"the-pla-at-99-how-chinas-military-went-from-ragtag-rifles-to-world-class-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=155417","title":{"rendered":"The PLA at 99: how China\u2019s military went from ragtag rifles to world-class force"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostAs the People\u2019s Liberation Army marks its 99th anniversary on August 1, one year from the deadline for its centenary goals, its evolution highlights the past, present and future of China\u2019s military strategy. In the first part of a series, Liu Zhen examines how the PLA\u2019s strategies have developed from guerrilla warfare to hi-tech conflict.<br \/>\nIn April 1932, Xi Zhongxun, 18, led the newly formed Fifth Detachment of the Red Army\u2019s Shaanxi-Gansu Guerrilla Force marching in the mountains in Yongshou&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/military\/article\/3362403\/pla-99-how-chinas-military-went-ragtag-rifles-world-class-force?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostAs the People\u2019s Liberation Army marks its 99th anniversary on August 1, one year from the deadline for its centenary goals, its evolution highlights&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155417"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=155417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155417\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=155417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=155417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=155417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}