This index presents historical and modern wars and conflicts taking place in the present territory of, or relating to, China. China has been a recognized civilization and territory for several millennia.
Map of China courtesy of CIA World Factbook
First Opium War 1839-42
Taiping Rebellion 1850-64
Nien Rebellion: China 1853
Miao Uprising: China 1855-72
Panthay Uprising: China 1855-61
Second Opium War 1856-60
Muslim Rebellion: China 1863-77
Ili Provincial Rebellion 1864
Tieutsin Massacre: China 1870
Russian Occupation of Ili 1871
Japanese Occupation: Ryukyu 1879
French Indochina War 1882-83
Sino-Japanese Confrontation 1882-5
Sino-French War 1884-85
Tonghak Rebellion: Korea 1894-95
Sino-Japanese War 1894-95
Hundred Days Reform: China 1898
Boxer Rebellion in China 1900-01
British Expedition: Tibet 1903
Chinese Republican Revolt 1911
Mongolian Secession 1911
Sun Yat-sen's Revolt: China 1913
Anti-Imperial Revolt in China 1915-16
May 4th Movement: China 1919
Chinese Reoccupation: Mongolia 1919
May 30th Movement in China 1925-26
Northern Expedition in China 1926-28
Shanghai Massacre in China 1927
Nanchang Uprising in China 1927
Autumn Harvest Uprising 1927
Canton Commune in China 1927
Assassination of Zhang Zuolin 1928
Sino-Soviet Railway War 1929
Communist Urban Revolt in China 1930
Mao's Chinese Soviet Republic 1931-35
The Manchukuo War 1931-33
Mao's Long March 1934-35
Kuomintang Mutiny in China 1936
Panay Incident in China 1937
Sino-Japanese War 1937-45
Japanese Blockade of Tientsin 1939
New 4th Army Incident in China 1941
World War II 1941-45
Chinese Civil War 1945-46
Chinese Civil War 1946-49
Sino-Mongolian Border Clashes 1947-48
Chinese Occupation of Tibet 1950
Korean War 1950-53
Tibetan Uprising 1954
Taiwan Strait War 1954-55
Sino-Burmese War 1956
Taiwan Strait War 1958
Tibetan Uprising 1959
Indo-Chinese Skirmishing 1960
Chinese-Indian War 1962
Chinese Cultural Revolution 1966-69
Sino-Soviet Border Clash 1969
Sino-Vietnamese War 1979-91
Tiananmen Square Massacre 1989
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