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

Notes

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)

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