List of wars involving the People's Republic of China
List of wars involving the PRC
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.[1]: 72
Wars involving the People's Republic of China
- PRC military victory
- Indecisive or unclear outcome[a]
- Civil War or internal conflict
- PRC military defeat
War | People's Republic of China and allies | Opponents | Result |
---|---|---|---|
Chinese Civil War (1927–1949)[b] | Chinese Communist Party | Republic of China | Victory |
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 |
Nathu La and Cho La clashes (1967) | China | India | Defeat
|
Sino-Soviet Border Conflict (1969) | China | Soviet Union | Defeat |
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
- Second Taiwan Strait Crisis (1958)
- Battle of the Paracel Islands (1974)
- Johnson South Reef Skirmish (1988)
- Third Taiwan Strait Crisis (1995)
- Scarborough Shoal standoff (2012)
- 2020–2021 China–India skirmishes
See also
- List of Chinese wars and battles
- Outline of the Chinese Civil War
- Outline of the military history of the People's Republic of China
References
Notes
- ^ A treaty or peace with an indecisive, inconclusive result, or resulting in status quo ante bellum.
- ^ Although main fighting ceased in 1949, warfare with the Republic of China continued throughout the 1950s and 1960s with the
- Kuomintang Islamic insurgency in China (1950–1958)
- First Taiwan Strait Crisis (1954–1955)
- Second Taiwan Strait Crisis (1958)
- Campaign at the China–Burma Border (1960–1961)
Citations
- ^ Garlick, Jeremy (2024). Advantage China: Agent of Change in an Era of Global Disruption. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 978-1-350-25231-8.
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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