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.

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