List of wars involving the People's Republic of China

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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[lower-alpha 1]
  Civil War or internal conflict
  PRC military defeat
War People's Republic of China and allies Opponents Result
Chinese Civil War
(1927–1949)[lower-alpha 2] 		File:Flag of the Chinese Communist Party (Pre-1996).svg Chinese Communist Party File:Flag of the Republic of China.svg Republic of China Victory
Battle of Chamdo
(1950) 		File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg People's Republic of China File:Flag of Tibet.svg Tibet Victory
Korean War
(1950–1953) 		File:Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
File:Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 – 1955).svg Soviet Union 		File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
File:Canadian Red Ensign (1921–1957).svg Canada
File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
File:Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg Philippines
File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand
File:Flag of Ethiopia (1897-1936; 1941-1974).svg Ethiopia
File:State Flag of Greece (1863-1924 and 1935-1973).svg Greece
File:Flag of France (1794–1815, 1830–1958).svg France
File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia
File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
File:Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg South Africa
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg 		Ceasefire
  • North Korean invasion of South Korea repelled
  • UN invasion of North Korea repelled
  • Chinese-North Korean invasion of South Korea repelled
  • DMZ established, little territorial change at the 38th parallel border, essentially uti possidetis
First Taiwan Strait Crisis
(1954–1955) 		File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg PRC File:Flag of the Republic of China.svg ROC
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 		Ceasefire
China–Burma border campaign
(1960–1961) 		File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
File:Flag of Burma (1948–1974).svg Burma 		File:Flag of the Republic of China.svg Republic of China Victory
Sino-Indian War
(1962) 		File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China File:Flag of India.svg India Victory
Nathu La and Cho La clashes
(1967) 		File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China File:Flag of India.svg India Defeat
Sino-Soviet Border Conflict
(1969) 		File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union Defeat
Vietnam War
(1965–1969) 		File:Flag of North Vietnam (1955–1975).svg North Vietnam
Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam Viet Cong
Laos Pathet Lao
Cambodia Khmer Rouge
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
File:Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea 		File:Flag of South Vietnam.svg South Vietnam


File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
File:Flag of Laos (1952-1975).svg Laos
Cambodia Cambodia
Cambodia Khmer Republic
File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand

Withdrawal
Sino-Vietnamese War
(1979) 		File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam Status quo antebellum, both sides claim victory

Other conflicts

Peacekeeping/Anti-terrorism

See also

References

Notes

  1. ↑ A treaty or peace with an indecisive, inconclusive result, or resulting in status quo ante bellum.
  2. ↑ Although main fighting ceased in 1949, warfare with the Republic of China continued throughout the 1950s and 1960s with the

Citations

  1. ↑ 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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