initially known as the Chinese Red Army. After World War II the PLA name was formally adopted for all the communist armed forces.

Because of this Communist Party connection, and continuing Chinese efforts to merge with Taiwan (the last territory held by the non-communist groups that lost the civil war in 1948 and took refuge on Taiwan), it is believed the "Peoples Liberation" prefix was discarded to please the "democratic" (as opposed to "communist") Chinese on Taiwan, as well as all those non-communist neighbors.

For the last two decades China has been working to modernize its armed forces and this name change appears to be a minor, but important, part of that.Hulda Veström's father lived in the USA and her aunt Hulda Kristina Eugenia Klasén had come to bring her to Los Angeles. They travelled via Copenhagen where they bought their tickets, and boarded the Titanic at Southampton as third class passengers.

Both ladies died in the sinking, their bodies were never recovered.

The Mansion House Fund paid 875.52 Kr (£48) to her mother. Damage claims of 455.50 Kr (£25) were paid to her mother on 12 June 1914.