List of wars involving the People's Republic of China

The following is a List of wars and conflicts involving the People's Republic of China.

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War	People's Republic of China and allies	Opponents	Result
Chinese Civil War (1927–1950)[1]	Communist Party	Nationalist China Kuomintang NRA	Victory (to the Communist Party) Formation of the People's Republic of China. Nationalist government relocated to Taiwan.
Battle of Chamdo (1950)	China	Tibet	Victory Incorporation of Tibet into the PRC.
Korean War (1950–1953)	North Korea  China  Soviet Union	South Korea  United States  United Kingdom  Canada  Turkey  Australia Ethiopia  Philippines  New Zealand  Thailand Greece  France  Colombia  Belgium  South Africa  Netherlands	Ceasefire North Korean invasion of South Korea repelled. U.N. invasion of North Korea repelled. Chinese invasion of South Korea repelled. Korean Demilitarized Zone established, little territorial change at the 38th parallel border, essentially uti possidetis.
Tibetan Uprising (1959)	China	Chushi Gangdruk	Victory Uprising suppressed.
Vietnam War (1959–1975)	North Vietnam FNL Khmer Rouge Pathet Lao  China	United States South Vietnam  South Korea  Australia  New Zealand  Thailand  Philippines Kingdom of Laos Khmer Republic	Withdrawal (1970)[2] North Vietnamese victory (1975). Dissolution of the Republic of Vietnam. Communist governments take power in South Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos.
Sino-Indian War (1962)	China	India	Victory Complete Chinese control of Aksai Chin.
Chola Incident (1967)	China	India	Defeat Return to status quo ante bellum.
Zhenbao Island Incident (1969)	China	Soviet Union	Status quo ante bellum 1991 Sino-Soviet Border Agreement
Sino-Vietnamese War (1979)	China	Vietnam	Both sides claim victory Chinese withdrawal from Vietnam. Vietnam loses a small portion of territory within Cao Bằng and Lạng Sơn Provinces.
Johnson South Reef Skirmish (1988)	China	Vietnam	Victory

See also

• 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 (1979–1990)
  • 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
  • China
  • 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
  • People's Republic of China
  • Politics of the People's Republic of China
• Relationships with neighboring countries
  • Incorporation of Tibet into the People's Republic of China
  • People's Republic of China–Indonesia relations
  • People's Republic of China–India relations
  • People's Republic of China–Japan relations
  • People's Republic of China–Malaysia relations
  • People's Republic of China–Mongolia relations
  • People's Republic of China–North Korea relations
  • People's Republic of China–Oceania relations
  • People's Republic of China–Russia relations
  • People's Republic of China–Singapore relations
  • People's Republic of China–South Korea relations
  • People's Republic of China–Nepal relations
  • People's Republic of China–Vietnam relations

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. ISBN 9781598844153.
• 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.

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