This is a list of wars involving the People's Republic of China (PRC).
Wars involving the People's Republic of China
- PRC military victory - 5
- Indecisive or unclear outcome * - 3
- PRC military defeat - 1
*e.g. a treaty or peace without a clear result, status quo ante bellum, result of civil or internal conflict, result unknown or indecisive, inconclusive
War | People's Republic of China and allies | Opponents | Result |
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Chinese Civil War (1927–1949)[note 1] |
Chinese Communist Party | Republic of China | Victory (to the Communist Party) |
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
|
Tibetan Uprising (1959) |
China | Chushi Gangdruk | Victory
|
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
|
Nathu La and Cho La clashes (1967) |
China | India | Defeat |
Sino-Vietnamese War (1979) |
China | Vietnam | Status quo antebellum, both sides claim victory
|
See also
China portal |
History of the People's Republic of China |
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History of |
China portal |
- List of Chinese wars and battles
- List of wars involving the Republic of China
- List of wars involving Taiwan
- Other conflicts involving the People's Republic of China
- First Taiwan Strait Crisis (1954)
- Second Taiwan Strait Crisis (1958)
- 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
- China and People's Republic of China
- List of Chinese battles
- Foreign relations of China
- History of China
- History of the People's Republic of China
- History of the Republic of China, prior to the People's Republic of China
- Naval history of China
- China
- Politics of China
- Relationships with neighboring countries
- Annexation of Tibet by the People's Republic of China
- China–Indonesia relations
- China–India relations
- China–Japan relations
- China–Malaysia relations
- China–Mongolia relations
- China–North Korea relations
- China–Oceania relations
- China–Russia relations
- China–Singapore relations
- China–South Korea relations
- China–Nepal relations
- China–Vietnam relations
Notes
- ↑ 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)
References
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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