History UsefulNotes / ChineseWithChopperSupport

* They were supposed to appear in the ''Film/RedDawn2012'' remake, but they were replaced with NorthKoreansWithNodongs, as North Korea isn't the country with the second-biggest film audience after the U.S.

* They are the antagonists in the (quite appropriately named) open-world FPS ''[[OperationFlashPoint Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising]]'' and its sequel ''Red River''.

** Averted in the Asian campaign in Empire Earth's expansion, where China is depicted as part of a [[Main/TheFederation United Federation of Asian Republics]].

** Averted in the Asian campaign in EE1's expansion, where China is depicted as part of a [[Main/TheFederation United Federation of Asian Republics]].

* The People's Liberation Army featured in ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerGenerals''. The PRC government issued a ban on said game, considering the portrayal to be insulting. Given that no one buys original software in China, this doesn't really make much of a difference either way. Apparently the CCP objected to the first three missions, which involved a nuclear attack on the capital in one and you blowing up the HK convention center and the Three Gorges Dam in the second and third. That and the fact that the start of the game's plot has the Chinese get the stuffing kicked out of them by terrorists who are uncomfortably close to what it fears. Ironic when you consider the PLA were ultimately the ''good'' guys in that game, driving the GLA terrorists out of Western Asia and Central Europe, and in the cancelled sequel, ''Command and Conquer 2013'', [[WhatCouldHaveBeen they would have been]] the leader of the Asia-Pacific Alliance. [[note]]Incidentally, one of the most prominent and overpowered Chinese units in the expansion is indeed an armed transport helicopter, the Helix. The Helix is the NATO ReportingName of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamov_Ka-27 Kamov Ka-27]], of which China uses the Ka-28 variant. Hilariously, the real life Chinese Helix is strictly meant to be... an anti-submarine aircraft, [[JustPlaneWrong not the dedicated attack/support chopper the game makes it out to be.]][[/note]]

You will notice this oath places the Communist Party first, ahead of both the people and motherland. For this reason, it has raised eyebrows among more apolitical militaries. (Note, this is a easy misconception from western readers. In western nations, political parties are not equal to the government. As the result, saying the army is loyal to certain political parties in the nation is equivalent of saying the armed force is only loyal to part of the government. However, China is a one party state. The party is equivalent to the government. As the result, loyal to the party is the same as loyal to the government.)

As for the loyal to the government before people and motherland part, here is the united states enlistment oath:
"I, (state name of enlistee), do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God." Note that in no part the oath involves serving the people and clearly states that the loyalty is to the president and by extension the government.

Additionally, this is the oath swore by UK forces: "I, (Insert full name), do swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, her heirs and successors, according to law. So help me God." Again,the loyalty is clearly sworn to the monarch and by extension the government of the nation.

Throughout the history, the loyalty of the armed force is generally sworn to the reigning sovereign/government. In fact, communist arm forces are the only ones that actually include the people in its oath.

You will notice this oath places the Communist Party first, ahead of both the people and motherland. For this reason, it has raised eyebrows among more apolitical militaries.

Being the country with the largest population in the world, it's not surprising that China has more active-duty and reserve military personnel than any other nation, with nearly ''three million'' serving in the PLA. In addition, China also maintains around one and a half million para-military personnel in the form of the People's Armed Police, although the PAP is not part of the PLA, instead answering to the State Council. As a proportion of its population, however, China's armed forces are not large; many countries, including the USA, have a higher percentage of their populations in uniform.

When the People's Liberation Army's 'Pingjing' Campaign to crush the 'Beiping' (now 'Beijing')-Tianjin pocket of 500 000 Guomindang troops was complete, it established itself as the dominant military power in China. After breaking the defensive line on the Yangzi, they went on to accomplish total victory over the Guomindang in just a year - [[UsefulNotes/NoMoreEmperors bringing The Chinese Civil War to an end after 34 years of warfare and 8+ million dead]]. When taken together with the 10-20 million dead of the UsefulNotes/SecondSinoJapaneseWar this left Communist China as the one of the most war-devastated states in the (history of the) entire world. It also left her with the second-largest military after [[UsefulNotes/RedsWithRockets that of the Soviet Union]].

When the People's Liberation Army's 'Pingjing' Campaign to crush the 'Beiping'(now 'Beijing')-Tianjin pocket of 500 000 Guomindang troops was complete, it established itself as the dominant military power in China. After breaking the defensive line on the Yangzi, they went on to accomplish total victory over the Guomindang in just a year - [[UsefulNotes/NoMoreEmperors bringing The Chinese Civil War to an end after 34 years of warfare and 8+ million dead]]. When taken together with the 10-20 million dead of the UsefulNotes/SecondSinoJapaneseWar this left Communist China as the one of the most war-devastated states in the (history of the) entire world. It also left her with the second-largest military after [[UsefulNotes/RedsWithRockets that of the Soviet Union]].

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 a prototype for a fifth-generation (according to Chinese sources) stealth fighter. It is nicknamed by Chinese bloggers and military forumgoers as "黑丝带" "Black Ribbon" and "[[Manga/KOn Mio]]". The first nickname is because it's black and a fourth generation fighter, and ribbon (丝带, Sīdài) sounds like fourth-gen (四代, Sìdaì) in Chinese, and "Mio" is born from a random comment on how much this plane's shape looks like the hairstyle of... Mio Akiyama from ''Manga/KOn''. It's now know as the J-20.

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 a prototype for a fifth-generation (according to Chinese sources) stealth fighter. It is nicknamed by Chinese bloggers and military forumgoers "黑丝Black Silk" and "[[Manga/KOn Mio]]". The first nickname is because it's black and a fourth generation fighter, and four sounds like silk in Chinese, and "Mio" is born from a random comment on how much this plane's shape looks like the hairstyle of... Mio Akiyama from ''Manga/KOn''. It's now know as the J-20.

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 a prototype for a fifth-generation (according to Chinese sources) stealth fighter. It is nicknamed by Chinese bloggers and military forumgoers "黑丝Black Silk" and "[[Manga/KOn Mio]]". The first nickname is because it's black and a fourth generation fighter, which sounds like silk in Chinese, and "Mio" is born from a random comment on how much this plane's shape looks like the hairstyle of... Mio Akiyama from ''Manga/KOn''. It's now know as the J-20.

* A slightly higher-tech PLA was one of the playable factions in ''[[VideoGame/{{Battlefield}} Battlefield 2]]'', including use of [=UAVs=] and advanced command-and-control systems. The Armored Fury expansion pack has them launching an invasion of the United States via Alaska.
** 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.

-->--'''Russian joke'''[[note]]It should be noted that this is a caricature of Chinese strategy, as one might expect from a joke told about them by their enemies.[[/note]]

There is an extremely extensive and active subculture of Chinese netizens - the ''junmi'' - who obsessively document and follow the Chinese military - at least to the extent the CPC allows. The tendency towards nicknaming Chinese equipment (due to Article 432 of the Chinese Criminal Code punishing disclosure of military secrets) now extends to foreign equipment and armies too - the UsefulNotes/YanksWithTanks are nicknamed the "[[Film/TeamAmerica World PD]]" or the "[[VideoGame/CommandAndConquerGenerals Global Liberation Army]]", whilst the ubiquitous F-16 Fighting Falcon is called the "Pomegranate Sister", which is a homonym with the Chinese word for "sixteen". The Chinese authorities have a strained relationship with them. On one hand the ''junmi'' tend towards extreme nationalism and statism, on the other their analysis of Chinese military photos is sometimes too good for PLA comfort - not to mention an occasional source of information for the many foreign intelligence agencies with their eyes fixed on China's rising military.

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.

->''"During [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Soviet_border_conflict the Damansky Island incident]] the Chinese military developed three main strategies: [[ZergRush The Great Offensive, The Small Retreat, and Infiltration by Small Groups of One to Two Million Across the Border.]]"''

* ''[[VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert2 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 PurposefullyOverpowered faction that simply invalidated the use of any other.

* Chinese soldiers serve as {{Mook}}s during the [[CaptainObvious Chinese Embassy]] levels in the original ''VideoGame/SplinterCell''. [[spoiler:Less of a straight example, since they are led by a [[RenegadeRussian rogue nationalist general]] in league with the Georgian government]].

-->--'''Russian joke'''[[labelnote:*]]It should be noted that this is a caricature of Chinese strategy, as one might expect from a joke told about them by their enemies.[[/labelnote]]

* The final chapter of ''VideoGame/{{WorldinConflict}}'' has China allying with the Soviet Union against the United States and NATO. A loading screen shows them launching offensives in Asia against South Korea, India, and Taiwan. To make matters worse, they are sending a whole bunch of fresh troops to the American west coast to reinforce the Soviet invaders in Washington State (and given just how many troops China has at it's disposal that's a VERY BAD thing). So the final three missions of the game have the U.S. forces desperately trying to liberate Seattle and drive the Soviets off American soil to stop the Chinese. (It's stated in-game that the Chinese do not have the ability to stage an effective amphibious assault of their own which is why they need the Soviet beachead.)

* The Chinese military plays an important role in ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps2''. If you complete all the optional
Strike Force missions, they will also assist you in the final mission.

* The Chinese military plays an important role in ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps2''. If you complete all the optional Strike Force missions, they will also assist you in the final mission.

China has reasonably capable air forces, but only in its local region. Most of its technology is Soviet in origin, starting from the Mig-17 to the newest order of 48 Su-35s. 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 the ''Liaoning'', a retrofitted former Soviet aircraft carrier) are much-discussed potential additions. The PLA also has [=ASBMs=][[note]]anti-ship ballistic missiles; exactly how suitable a long-range ballistic missile is for attacking a moving target remains uncertain[[/note]], missiles to destroy aircraft carriers.

Despite the trope name, the Chinese do not employ attack helicopters and gunships in the same manner as the U.S. or Russia, and most Chinese "attack" helicopters are utility helicopters that have been refitted to fulfill support roles. This is expected to change following the introduction of China's first true dedicated attack helicopter, the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAIC_Z-10 Z-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. A second dedicated type WZ-19, upgraded from Z-9 or Eurocopter [=AS365=], is also being deployed.