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

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

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

See also

• List of Chinese wars and battles
• Outline of the Chinese Civil War
• Outline of the military history of the People's Republic of China
• Foreign interventions by China

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