<Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> The following is a list of military conflicts involving the People's Republic of China . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> War </Th> <Th> People's Republic of China and allies </Th> <Th> Opponents </Th> <Th> Result </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Chinese Civil War (1927--1950) </Td> <Td> Communist Party </Td> <Td> Nationalist China <Ul> <Li> Kuomintang </Li> <Li> NRA </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> Victory (to the Communist Party) <Ul> <Li> Formation of the People's Republic of China . </Li> <Li> Nationalist government relocated to Taiwan . </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Battle of Chamdo (1950) </Td> <Td> People's Republic of China </Td> <Td> Tibet </Td> <Td> Victory <Ul> <Li> Incorporation of Tibet into the PRC . </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Korean War (1950--1953) </Td> <Td> North Korea China Soviet Union </Td> <Td> South Korea United States United Kingdom Canada Turkey Australia Ethiopia Philippines New Zealand Thailand Greece France Colombia Belgium South Africa Netherlands Luxembourg </Td> <Td> Ceasefire <Ul> <Li> North Korean invasion of South Korea repelled . </Li> <Li> U.N. invasion of North Korea repelled . </Li> <Li> Chinese - North Korean invasion of South Korea repelled . </Li> <Li> Korean Demilitarized Zone established, little territorial change at the 38th parallel border, essentially uti possidetis . </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> First Taiwan Strait Crisis (1954--1955) </Td> <Td> PRC </Td> <Td> ROC United States </Td> <Td> Ceasefire <Ul> <Li> Chinese withdrawal, status quo ante bellum . </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Second Taiwan Strait Crisis (1958) </Td> <Td> PRC </Td> <Td> ROC United States </Td> <Td> Ceasefire <Ul> <Li> China ceases bombardment . </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Tibetan Uprising (1959) </Td> <Td> China </Td> <Td> Chushi Gangdruk </Td> <Td> Victory <Ul> <Li> Uprising suppressed . </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> China - Burma border Campaign (1960--1961) </Td> <Td> PRC Burma </Td> <Td> Kuomintang </Td> <Td> Victory <Ul> <Li> Kuomintang evicted from Burma . </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Xinjiang conflict (1960--present) </Td> <Td> China </Td> <Td> Turkistan Islamic Party ETLO <P> ETPRP (1969--89) URFET (1969--89) </P> </Td> <Td> Ongoing <Ul> <Li> Chinese partial victory (Defeat of ETPRP and URFET) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sino - Indian War (1962) </Td> <Td> China </Td> <Td> India </Td> <Td> Victory <Ul> <Li> Return to status quo ante bellum . </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Nathu La and Cho La incidents (1967) </Td> <Td> China </Td> <Td> India </Td> <Td> Defeat <Ul> <Li> Chinese withdrawal from Sikkim . </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Zhenbao Island Incident (1969) </Td> <Td> China </Td> <Td> Soviet Union </Td> <Td> Status quo ante bellum <Ul> <Li> Tactical Soviet victory </Li> <Li> Strategic Chinese victory: China maintained control of territories . </Li> <Li> 1991 Sino - Soviet Border Agreement </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Vietnam War (1965--1969) </Td> <Td> North Vietnam China Viet Cong Khmer Rouge Pathet Lao </Td> <Td> South Vietnam United States South Korea <P> Thailand Australia New Zealand Khmer Republic Kingdom of Laos </P> </Td> <Td> Withdrawal <Ul> <Li> Withdrawal of American - led forces from Indochina </Li> <Li> Communist governments take power in South Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia </Li> <Li> South Vietnam is annexed by North Vietnam </Li> <Li> Breakdown in Sino - Vietnamese relations leading to the Sino - Vietnamese War </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sino - Vietnamese War (1979) </Td> <Td> China </Td> <Td> Vietnam </Td> <Td> Both sides claim victory <Ul> <Li> Strategic Chinese victory . </Li> <Li> Chinese withdrawal from Vietnam . </Li> <Li> Continued Vietnamese occupation of Cambodia until 1989 . </Li> <Li> Vietnamese loss of territory . </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Third Taiwan Strait Crisis (1996) </Td> <Td> PRC </Td> <Td> ROC United States </Td> <Td> Ceasefire <Ul> <Li> China ceases bombardment . </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Operation Ocean Shield (2009--2016) </Td> <Td> Somalia China NATO Russia Australia Colombia India Indonesia Japan Malaysia New Zealand Oman Pakistan Saudi Arabia Seychelles Singapore South Korea Ukraine </Td> <Td> Pirates </Td> <Td> Victory <Ul> <Li> Number of Somali pirate attacks have been reduced dramatically . </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Northern Mali conflict (2012--present) </Td> <Td> 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 </Td> <Td> ISIL Ansar al - Sharia Jama'at Nasr al - Islam wal Muslimin </Td> <Td> Ongoing </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> War on Terror (1996) </Td> <Td> United States China United Kingdom Russia France </Td> <Td> al - Qaeda Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant </Td> <Td> Ongoing </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> War </Th> <Th> People's Republic of China and allies </Th> <Th> Opponents </Th> <Th> Result </Th> </Tr>

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