People's Volunteer Army

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People's Volunteer Army (PVA)(Simplified Chinese: }}}; pinyin: ) was a euphemism for the Chinese People's Liberation Army during the Korean War used by some people. It was used by the People's Republic of China (PRC) chiefly to avoid direct diplomatic confrontation with the United States. The name also helped to delude the US intelligence about the size and nature of the Chinese army who entered Korea, as some Americans believed that the PVA was merely a rabble of untrained volunteers.

Others think it is not just a euphemism. During the Korean War, the PRC recruited many young men and women to fight the United Nations as they defended South Korea, citing the reason that their presence on the Korean Peninsula endangered the newly formed People's Republic of China. The popular view of this war outside communist world is different.

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