[SupChina] The Nanchang Uprising and the birth of the PLA

<p>China’s military, the People’s Liberation Army, traces its founding to a 1927 rebellion designed largely as a last-ditch effort to boost morale after a purge by the Kuomintang had killed at least 90% of the members of the Chinese Communist Party.</p><p>Read the article by James Carter: <a href="https://supchina.com/2021/08/04/the-nanchang-uprising-and-the-birth-of-the-pla/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://supchina.com/2021/08/04/the-nanchang-uprising-and-the-birth-of-the-pla/</a></p><p>Narrated by John Darwin Van Fleet.</p><p>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.</p>