List of wars involving the People's Republic of China

See also: List of Chinese wars and battles and List of wars involving the Republic of China

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

  PRC military defeat

  Indecisive or unclear outcome

  Ongoing conflict

War	People's Republic of China and allies	Opponents	Result
Chinese Civil War (1927–1949)	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 China Template:Country data Soviet Union	South Korea United States United Kingdom Canada Turkey Australia Philippines New Zealand Thailand Template:Country data Ethiopian Empire Template:Country data Kingdom of Greece France Colombia Belgium 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)	China	Taiwan United States	Ceasefire PRC withdrawal, status quo ante bellum.
Second Taiwan Strait Crisis (1958)	China	Taiwan United States	Ceasefire PRC ceases bombardment.
Tibetan Uprising (1959)	China	Chushi Gangdruk	Victory Uprising suppressed.
China–Burma border campaign (1960–1961)	China Burma	Taiwan	Victory Kuomintang evicted from Burma.
Xinjiang conflict (1960–present)	China	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)	China	India	Victory PRC invasion of Northeast India before ceasefire and withdrawal. PRC annexation of Aksai Chin.
Vietnam War (1965–1969)	North Vietnam Template:Country data Republic of South Vietnam Viet Cong Pathet Lao Khmer Rouge China Template:Country data Soviet Union North Korea	South Vietnam United States South Korea Australia New Zealand Template:Country data Kingdom of Laos Cambodia Khmer Republic Thailand Philippines	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)	China	India	Defeat Ceasefire arranged to end Nathu La clashes PRC withdrawal from Nathu La and Cho La
Sino-Soviet Border Conflict (1969)	China	Template:Country data Soviet Union	Status quo ante bellum 1991 Sino-Soviet Border Agreement
Battle of the Paracel Islands (1974)	China	South Vietnam	Victory China establishes control over the Paracels.
Sino-Vietnamese War (1979)	China	Vietnam	Both sides claim victory Some Chinese strategic objectives achieved. Chinese withdrawal from Vietnam. Continued Vietnamese occupation of Cambodia until 1989. Some Vietnamese loss of territory. Sino-Vietnamese conflicts (1979–1991)
Sino-Vietnamese Conflicts (1979–1991)	China	Vietnam	Ceasefire Temporary Chinese occupation of several areas in northern Vietnamese territory (returned to Vietnam in 1992). China took control of six reefs in the Spratly Islands after its victory in the Johnson South Reef Skirmish. Normalization of relations after the 1990 Chengdu summit.
Third Taiwan Strait Crisis (1996)	China	Taiwan United States	Ceasefire PRC ceases bombardment.
War on Terror (2001–present)	Major combatants: United States United Kingdom France Russia China India Pakistan	Major combatants: al-Qaeda Template:Country data Islamic State Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Taliban East Turkestan Islamic Movement	Ongoing
Operation Ocean Shield (2009–2016)	Somalia Template:Country data NATO Australia Belgium China Colombia Greece India Indonesia Japan Malaysia New Zealand Norway Oman Pakistan 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 China Benin Ghana Cape Verde Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Liberia Niger Nigeria Sierra Leone Senegal Togo Chad Burundi Gabon South Africa Rwanda Tanzania Uganda Germany	Template:Country data Islamic State Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Ansar al-Sharia Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin	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)
  • 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

Further readings

• 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.