List of wars involving the People's Republic of China

This is a list of wars involving the People's Republic of China (PRC).

Wars involving China

  PRC military victory

  PRC military defeat

  Indecisive or unclear outcome

  Ongoing conflict

War	People's Republic of China and allies	Opponents	Result
Chinese Civil War (1927–1950)[note 1]	Communist Party of China	Republic of China	Victory (to the Communist Party) Formation of the People's Republic of China. Nationalist government relocated to Taiwan.
Battle of Chamdo (1950)	People's Republic of China	Tibet	Victory People’s Republic of China annexes Tibet
Korean War (1950–1953)	North Korea  PRC  Soviet Union	South Korea  United States  United Kingdom  Canada  Turkey  Australia Ethiopia  Philippines  New Zealand  Thailand Greece France  Colombia  Belgium  India South Africa  Netherlands  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)	PRC	ROC  United States	Ceasefire PRC withdrawal, status quo ante bellum.
Second Taiwan Strait Crisis (1958)	PRC	ROC  United States	Ceasefire PRC ceases bombardment.
Tibetan Uprising (1959)	PRC	Chushi Gangdruk	Victory Uprising suppressed.
China–Burma border campaign (1960–1961)	PRC  Burma	ROC	Victory Kuomintang evicted from Burma.
Xinjiang conflict (1960–present)	PRC	Turkistan Islamic Party ETLO (2000–03) ETPRP (1969–89) URFET (1969–89)	Ongoing Partial PRC victory (Defeat of the ETPRP, URFET and ETLO)
Sino-Indian War (1962)	PRC	India	Victory PRC annexes Aksai Chin.[1]
Vietnam War (1965–1969)	North Vietnam Viet Cong Khmer Rouge Pathet Lao  PRC	South Vietnam  United States  South Korea  Australia  New Zealand  Khmer Republic  Laos  Philippines  Thailand	Partial victory Withdrawal of American-led forces from Indochina Communist governments take power in South Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia South Vietnam is annexed by North Vietnam Breakdown in Sino-Vietnamese relations leading to the Sino-Vietnamese War
Nathu La and Cho La clashes (1967)	PRC	India	Defeat Ceasefire arranged to end Nathu La clashes PRC forces withdraw from Cho La
Sino-Soviet Border Conflict: Zhenbao Island Incident (1969)	PRC	Soviet Union	Status quo ante bellum 1991 Sino-Soviet Border Agreement
Battle of the Paracel Islands (1974)	PRC	South Vietnam	Victory PRC establishes control over the Paracels.
Sino-Vietnamese War (1979)	PRC	Vietnam	Both sides claim victory[2][3] PRC strategic objectives achieved. PRC withdrawal from Vietnam. Continued Vietnamese occupation of Cambodia until 1989. Vietnamese loss of territory.
Sino-Vietnamese conflicts (1979–1991)	PRC	Vietnam	Chengdu Summit Temporary PRC occupation of several areas within Vietnamese territory (returned to Vietnam in 1992). PRC take control of six reefs in the Spratly Islands. Normalization of relations in 1991.
Third Taiwan Strait Crisis (1996)	PRC	ROC  United States	Ceasefire PRC ceases bombardment.
War on Terror (2001–present)	Major combatants:  United States  United Kingdom  France  Russia  Pakistan  India  PRC[4][5]	Major combatants: al-Qaeda Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Taliban East Turkestan Islamic Movement	Ongoing
Operation Ocean Shield (2009–2016)	Somalia  NATO  Australia  Belgium  Colombia  Greece  India  Indonesia  Japan  Malaysia  New Zealand  Norway  Oman  Pakistan  PRC  Russia  Saudi Arabia  Seychelles  Singapore  South Korea  United Kingdom  United States  Ukraine	Somali pirates	Victory Number of Somali pirate attacks reduced dramatically.
Northern Mali conflict (2012–present)	France  Mali  PRC[6]  Benin  Ghana  Cape Verde  Gambia  Ghana[7]  Guinea[8]  Guinea-Bissau[9]  Ivory Coast[8]  Liberia[10]  Niger[11]  Nigeria[12]  Sierra Leone[13]  Senegal[12]  Togo[14]  Chad[15]  Burundi[16]  Gabon[17]  South Africa[18]  Rwanda[18]  Tanzania[18]  Uganda[19]  Germany[20]	ISIL Ansar al-Sharia Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin	Ongoing
Syrian Civil War (2011–present)	Syria Hezbollah  Iran  Russia  PRC[21]	Free Syrian Army Islamic Front al-Nusra Front Islamic State	Ongoing

See also

• 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)
• 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
  • Incorporation of Tibet into 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

1. Although main fighting ceased in 1950, 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

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2. http://digitalcommons.law.umaryland.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1057&context=mscas
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21. "China To Deploy Special Forces Units To Syria". Global Security Review. Retrieved 17 July 2020.

Further reading

• August 7, 1967: North Vietnam and People's Republic of China sign aid agreement. History Channel: This Day in History.
• 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.
• October 1, 1949: Mao Zedong proclaims People's Republic of China. History Channel: This Day in History.
• Zhu, Zhiqun. (editor). (2011). The People's Republic of China Today: Internal and External Challenges. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing. ISBN 981-4313-50-5.