ABSTRACT
The fifty years of the People's Liberation Army were years of struggle under the great banner of Chairman Mao. The growth of our army, an army that has developed from nothing and has grown from small to big and from weak to strong, is the result of the victory of Chairman Mao's revolutionary line over opportunist lines. In the initial stage of Party building, Ch'en Tu-hsiu denied the need for armed struggle. At present the two hegemonic powers, the Soviet Union and the United States, are fiercely contending with each other, the factors for war are increasing and the Soviet revisionists, in particular, have not given up their wild ambition to subjugate our country. In celebrating Army Day, our hearts are turned to our compatriots in Taiwan, flesh of our flesh, who are living in misery.
