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    As a part of the Chinese military forces, the PAP has always conducted a wide range of law enforcement, order maintenance, and service-related activities via preventive patrol, mass incidents disposition, as well as emergency rescue and disaster reliefs. Compared with the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and People’s Police (PP), PLA undertake both external and internal security affairs.

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Wang, X. (2015). Introduction. In: Empowerment on Chinese Police Force's Role in Social Service. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-45614-9_1

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