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=== Overseas deployments and peacekeeping operations ===
{{Further|List of countries with overseas military bases#China|People's Liberation Army Support Base in Djibouti}}
In addition to its [[People's Liberation Army Support Base in Djibouti|Support Base in Djibouti]], the PLA operates a base in Tajikistan and a [[listening station]] in Cuba.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Yan |first=Sophia |date=2024-07-10 |title=China constructing secret military base in Tajikistan to crush threat from Taliban |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/07/10/china-secret-military-base-tajikistan-taliban-afghanistan/ |access-date=2024-07-10 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235 |archive-date=22 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240722173910/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/07/10/china-secret-military-base-tajikistan-taliban-afghanistan/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=July 1, 2024 |title=Secret Signals: Decoding China's Intelligence Activities in Cuba |url=https://features.csis.org/hiddenreach/china-cuba-spy-sigint |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240702051639/https://features.csis.org/hiddenreach/china-cuba-spy-sigint/ |archive-date=2024-07-02 |access-date=2024-07-02 |website=[[Center for Strategic and International Studies]] |language=en}}</ref> The [[Espacio Lejano Station]] in Argentina is operated by a unit of a PLA.<ref name=":23">{{Cite news |last=Garrison |first=Cassandra |date=2019-01-31 |title=China's military-run space station in Argentina is a 'black box' |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-space-argentina-china-insight-idUSKCN1PP0I2 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125031112/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-space-argentina-china-insight-idUSKCN1PP0I2 |archive-date=2022-01-25 |access-date=2022-01-25 |work=[[Reuters]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=October 4, 2022 |title=Eyes on the Skies: China's Growing Space Footprint in South America |url=https://features.csis.org/hiddenreach/china-ground-stations-space |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221005034621/https://features.csis.org/hiddenreach/china-ground-stations-space/ |archive-date=2022-10-05 |access-date=2022-10-04 |website=[[Center for Strategic and International Studies]] |language=en}}</ref> The PLAN has also undertaken rotational deployments of its warships at the [[Ream Naval Base]] in Cambodia.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Cheang |first1=Sopheng |last2=David |first2=Rising |date=2024-05-08 |title=Chinese warships have been docked in Cambodia for 5 months, but government says it's not permanent |url=https://apnews.com/article/cambodia-china-naval-base-warships-ream-d4571e2ca53e682ce17c121312443b52 |access-date=2024-07-10 |website=[[Associated Press]] |language=en |archive-date=9 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240709235517/https://apnews.com/article/cambodia-china-naval-base-warships-ream-d4571e2ca53e682ce17c121312443b52 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=July 4, 2024 |title=Chinese warships rotate at Cambodia's Ream naval base |url=https://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/china-warships-ream-07042024025936.html |access-date=July 10, 2024 |work=[[Radio Free Asia]]}}</ref>

The People's Republic of China has sent the PLA to various hotspots as part of China's role as a prominent member of the United Nations.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gowan |first=Richard |date=2020-09-14 |title=China's pragmatic approach to UN peacekeeping |url=https://www.brookings.edu/articles/chinas-pragmatic-approach-to-un-peacekeeping/ |access-date=2022-11-12 |website=[[Brookings Institution]] |language=en-US |archive-date=12 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221112194349/https://www.brookings.edu/articles/chinas-pragmatic-approach-to-un-peacekeeping/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Such units usually include engineers and logistical units and members of the paramilitary [[People's Armed Police]] and have been deployed as part of peacekeeping operations in [[Lebanon]],<ref name="Rowland-2022" /><ref>{{Cite report |url=https://isdp.eu/content/uploads/2018/03/PRC-Peacekeeping-Backgrounder.pdf |title=China's Role in UN Peacekeeping |date=March 2018 |publisher=Institute for Security & Development Policy |access-date=10 December 2022 |archive-date=5 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221005235516/https://isdp.eu/content/uploads/2018/03/PRC-Peacekeeping-Backgrounder.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> the [[Republic of the Congo]],<ref name="Rowland-2022">{{Cite report |url=https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/Portals/10/AUPress/Papers/WF_088_Rowland_Chinese_Security_Cooperation_Activities.pdf |title=Chinese Security Cooperation Activities: Trends and Implications for US Policy |last=Rowland |first=Daniel T. |date=September 2022 |access-date=10 December 2022 |archive-date=10 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221210200840/https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/Portals/10/AUPress/Papers/WF_088_Rowland_Chinese_Security_Cooperation_Activities.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Sudan]],<ref>Daniel M. Hartnett, 2012-03-13, [http://www.uscc.gov/researchpapers/2012/MEMO-PLA-PKO_final.pdf China's First Deployment of Combat Forces to a UN. Peacekeeping Mission—South Sudan] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014025306/http://www.uscc.gov/researchpapers/2012/MEMO-PLA-PKO_final.pdf |date=14 October 2012 }}, United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission</ref> [[Ivory Coast]],<ref>Bernard Yudkin Geoxavier, 2012-09-18, [http://yalejournal.org/2012/09/china-as-peacekeeper-an-updated-perspective-on-humanitarian-intervention/ China as Peacekeeper: An Updated Perspective on Humanitarian Intervention] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130131054018/http://yalejournal.org/2012/09/china-as-peacekeeper-an-updated-perspective-on-humanitarian-intervention/ |date=31 January 2013 }}, Yale Journal of International Affairs</ref> [[Haiti]],<ref>{{Cite news |date=1 February 2005 |title=Chinese Peacekeepers to Haiti: Much Attention, More Confusion |work=[[Royal United Services Institute]] |url=https://rusi.org/publication/chinese-peacekeepers-haiti-much-attention-more-confusion |access-date=10 December 2022 |archive-date=11 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240211032250/https://rusi.org/publication/chinese-peacekeepers-haiti-much-attention-more-confusion |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Nichols |first=Michelle |date=14 July 2022 |title=China pushes for U.N. arms embargo on Haiti criminal gangs |work=[[Reuters]] |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/china-pushes-un-arms-embargo-haiti-criminal-gangs-2022-07-14/ |access-date=10 December 2022 |archive-date=10 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221210200844/https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/china-pushes-un-arms-embargo-haiti-criminal-gangs-2022-07-14/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and more recently, [[Mali War|Mali]] and [[United Nations Mission in South Sudan|South Sudan]].<ref name="Rowland-2022" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dyrenforth |first=Thomas |date=2021-08-19 |title=Beijing's Blue Helmets: What to Make of China's Role in UN Peacekeeping in Africa |url=https://mwi.usma.edu/beijings-blue-helmets-what-to-make-of-chinas-role-in-un-peacekeeping-in-africa/ |access-date=2022-11-12 |website=[[Modern War Institute]] |language=en-US |archive-date=12 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221112194350/https://mwi.usma.edu/beijings-blue-helmets-what-to-make-of-chinas-role-in-un-peacekeeping-in-africa/ |url-status=live }}</ref>