List of wars involving the People's Republic of China

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.

Wars involving the People's Republic of China

No.WarPeople's Republic of China and alliesOpponentsResult1 Chinese Civil War(1927–1949) 1927–1936 Chinese Soviet Republic Jiangxi Soviet

1945–1949 Yan'an Soviet (1949) 1927–1936 Republic of China

1945–1949 Republic of China Victory Communist control of mainland China Proclamation of the People's Republic of China Retreat of the government of the Republic of China to Taiwan2 Battle of Chamdo(1950) Victory People's Republic of China annexes Tibet3 Korean War(1950–1953) Ceasefire North Korean invasion of South Korea repelled UN military intervention and 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 possidetis4 First Taiwan Strait Crisis(1954–1955) Ceasefire PRC withdrawal, status quo ante bellum.5 Laotian Civil War(1959–1975) Victory Establishment of the Lao People's Democratic Republic End of the Kingdom of Laos Insurgency by anti-communists6 China–Burma border campaign(1960–1961) Victory Kuomintang expelled from Burma7 Sino-Indian War(1962) Victory Status quo ante bellum8 Communist insurgency in Thailand(1965–1976) Communist Party of Thailand People's Liberation Army of Thailand Federation of Farmers and Workers National Student Center of Thailand Minority ethnic groups, especially the Hmong Pathet Lao (until 1975) Malayan Communist PartySison, Jose Maria. "Notes on People's War in Southeast Asia" Communist Party of Burma Khmer Rouge People's Republic of China (until 1976) North Vietnam (until 1976)

Thahan Phran Royal Thai Police Border Patrol Police Volunteer Defense Corps Internal Security Operations Command Thai Ultranationalist Organization Village Scouts Nawaphon Red Gaurs

Kingdom of Laos (until 1975) ROC 93rd DivisionStumbling on to the legacy of the KMT’s ‘lost army’. January 16, 2019. Taipei Times.Chin Peng, pp.479–80NIE report Shan United Revolutionary Army Karen National Union

CIA United States Air Force in Thailand United States Air Force Security ForcesDefeat Thai government victory9Nathu La and Cho La clashes(1967)Defeat PRC withdrawal from Nathu La and Cho La10 Sino-Soviet Border Conflict(1969) Defeat Status quo ante bellum 11 Vietnam War(1965–1969) Viet Cong Pathet Lao Khmer Rouge <br/ > Cambodia Khmer RepublicWithdrawal Withdrawal of American-led forces from Indochina Communist governments took power in South Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia China took over Paracel Islands from South Vietnam Republic of Vietnam collapsed, the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam took control of South Vietnam. South Vietnam was annexed by North Vietnam Breakdown in Sino-Vietnamese relations leading to the Sino-Vietnamese War12 Third Indochina War(1978–1991) Democratic Kampuchea (until 1979/82) CGDK (after 1982) PDK FUNCINPEC KPNLF Lao royalists Hmong insurgents FULRO Supported by: National United Front for the Liberation of Vietnam (1980-1987) (until 1989) (from 1989) Supported by: (1978–1987) (from 1987) Grenada

Communist Party of Thailand Pak MaiSupported by: Malayan Communist Party1991 Paris Peace Accords Insurgency in Laos Removal of the Khmer Rouge from power End of the Cambodian genocide Pro-Vietnamese government installed in Cambodia China withdraws from Vietnam after 27 days of fighting Communist Party of Thailand abandons armed struggle Vietnam withdraws from Cambodia in 1989 1990 Chengdu summit leads to the normalization of relations between China and Vietnam Restoration of the House of Norodom in Cambodia Establishment of United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia join ASEAN in the late 1990s.13 Sino-Vietnamese War(1979) Status quo antebellum, both sides claim victory Chinese withdrawal from Vietnam Continued Vietnamese occupation of Cambodia until 1989 Sino-Vietnamese conflicts (1979–1991)

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 2022 Yangtse clash Fourth Taiwan Strait Crisis (2022 – present)

UN peacekeeping and anti-piracy missions

United Nations Mission in Liberia United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon United Nations–African Union Mission in Darfur Mali War - United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali Anti-piracy measures in Somalia

List of wars involving the People's Republic of China

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