List Of Wars Involving The People's Republic Of China
This is a list of wars involving the People's Republic of China (PRC).
The PRC last fought a war in 1979 (the Sino-Vietnamese War) and has fought only in relatively minor engagements since.: 72
Wars involving the People's Republic of China
- PRC military victory
- Indecisive or unclear outcome
- Civil War or internal conflict
- PRC military defeat
| War | People's Republic of China and allies | Opponents | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese Civil War (1927–1949) |  Chinese Communist Party |  Republic of China | Civil War |
| Battle of Chamdo (1950) |  People's Republic of China |  Tibet | Victory |
| Korean War (1950–1953) |  North Korea China Soviet Union |  South Korea United States United Kingdom Canada Turkey Australia Philippines New Zealand Thailand Ethiopia Greece France Colombia Belgium South Africa Netherlands Luxembourg | Ceasefire
|
| First Taiwan Strait Crisis (1954–1955) |  PRC |  ROC United States | Ceasefire
|
| China–Burma border campaign (1960–1961) | China Burma | Republic of China | Victory
|
| Sino-Indian War (1962) | China |  India | Victory |
| Vietnam War (1965–1969) |  North Vietnam Viet Cong Pathet Lao Khmer Rouge China Soviet Union North Korea |  South Vietnam
| Withdrawal
|
| Sino-Vietnamese War (1979) | China |  Vietnam | Status quo antebellum, both sides claim victory
|
Other conflicts
- First Taiwan Strait Crisis (1954)
- Second Taiwan Strait Crisis (1958)
- Nathu La and Cho La clashes (1967)
- Sino-Soviet border conflict (1969)
- Battle of the Paracel Islands (1974)
- Sino-Vietnamese border conflicts (1979–1991)
- Johnson South Reef Skirmish (1988)
- Third Taiwan Strait Crisis (1995)
- Scarborough Shoal standoff (2012)
- 2020–2021 China–India skirmishes
See also
References
Notes
Citations
Further reading
- Boland-Crewe, Tara and David Lea. (2005) [2002]. The Territories of the People's Republic of China. London: Europa Productions, Taylor & Francis. 1-85743-149-9.
- China. Encyclopædia Britannica.
- Economic Times Bureau. (December 20, 2009). "Wars that People's Republic of China fought". The Economic Times.
- Jun, Niu. (August 10, 2012). The birth of the People's Republic of China and the road to the Korean War. Origins. Eds. Melvyn P. Leffler and Odd Arne Westad. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge Histories Online. Cambridge University Press. DOI:10.1017/CHOL9780521837194.012
- Li, Dr. Xiaobing. (2012). China at War: An Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. excerpt
- Lynch, Michael. (2010). The Chinese Civil War 1945–49. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84176-671-3.
- MacKerras, Colin and Donald Hugh McMillen, Andrew Watson. (editors). (2001) [1998]. Dictionary of the Politics of the People's Republic of China. Routledge. ISBN 0-415-15450-2.
- Military Power of the People’s Republic of China, 2007. Department of Defense: Annual Report.
- Zhu, Zhiqun. (editor). (2011). The People's Republic of China Today: Internal and External Challenges. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing. ISBN 981-4313-50-5.
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