Posted on 02/14/2003 10:18:14 PM PST by NP-INCOMPLETE
The following is a general listing of wars fought by China in the last 22 hundred years. I will compile a list for Russia and Britain soon. I think I'll leave France alone for now.
200 BC War of Unification-won Chinese beat themselves
100 BC War against the Hakka-won Slaughtered the natives of central china
50 BC War against the Min, Miao, Tocharian-won took over southern China
50 AD War against Central Asian Tribes, Sassinid Dynasty in Persia Won, took over most of central Asia
65 AD War against Korea-won took over Korean Peninsula
70 AD War against Vietnam-won took over Vietnam
75 AD War against the Huns-won, took over inner mongolia, drove the Huns out of East Asia and into Western Europe
210 AD Three Kindoms, Han Dynasty collapsed, civil war for the next 500 years-stalemate for most of the time.
700 AD Sui Dynasty established, new Emporer launches invasion of Japan-stalemate leaning towards defeat
800 AD Tang Dynasty resumes war to the south and west-won reconquored Vietnam, took Laos and colonized Hainan. Wiped out persia to the west(Persia was being attacked by the Arabs at the same time)
950 AD Sino-Arab war- lost at the battle of Talas gunpowder and magnetic compass technology taken by the Arabs.
970 AD Tang Government Collapses Song Dynasty emerges just as Ganghis Kahn attacks-Lost, all of Northern China taken over including Beijing.
1050 Sino-Tibetan war-lost, chinese troops can't stand the high altitude
1100 AD Mongol Conquest-Lost Song Dynasty was destroyed by Kublai Kahn ~40 million Chinese killed.
1250 AD First Sino-Japanese war-lost 3 separate naval invasions failed due to Kamikazees
1300 AD Moonlight Rebellion-won Mongols driven out, China regains original territories.
1500 AD First Sino-Japanese war-won, Japanese fleet destroyed in Korea.
1570 AD Manchu-war-Lost country taken over by Manchu's, the invaders where subsequently assimilated into Chinese culture.
1640 AD Sino-Dutch war-won Dutch colonists driven out of Taiwan by Chinese colonists.
1720 AD Sino-Mongolian War-won destroyed the home Kahnate of the Mongols, takes over outer mongolia
1740 AD Invasion of Siberia-won destroyed last holdouts of the Mongol golden horde.
1780 AD Sino-Urghar war-won Took over East Turkistan
1842 AD First Opium War-Lost Chinese military no match for British firepower, Britain takes Hong Kong from China
1853 AD Taiping Rebellion-won against themselves(barely) 20 million chinese dead and the most productive part of the country was ruined.
1864 AD Second Opium War-Lost same reason as the first, Britain takes over portions of Shangai and 10 other coastal cities.
1872 AD Sino-French War-Lost one of the few victories of the french, Fance takes Vietnam from China
1887 AD Sino-Russian War-Lost Russia took most of Siberia , established puppet state in Mongolia, and sets up sphere of influence in Manchuria
1896 AD Sino-Japanese War-Lost Japan crushed China's fleet and took over Korea.
1900 AD Boxer Rebellion-Lost , Japan takes Taiwan, Britain, France, Belgium, Spain divides Shanghai and the eastern coast, Germany takes Dalian, Russia takes portions of Manchuria.
1938 AD World War II-Won(Barely) 15 million dead Chinese vs 2 million dead Japanese but defeats Japan's army in Mainland East Asia, and regains Eastern coast, Manchuria, Hainan, and Taiwan.
1946 AD Chinese Civil war-won(but might as well be a loss), 5 million Chinese dead, communists drives Nationalists to Taiwan.
1950 AD Korean War-Stalemate 500 thousand Chinese dead and a de-populated Korea as a result of the war.
1951 AD Invasion of Tibet-Won Tibetan military was no match for the PLA(1 million Tibetans brutally murdered, but hey, china got some high quality Uranium ore out of it)
1962 AD Sino-Indian War- Won Chinese troops outnumbered the indians 3 to 1, takes over Askin Chin plateau, and parts of Kashmir
1981 AD Sino-Vietnamese War-Stalemate(on the way to a loss) Bad logistics, crappy weapons, low morale, and a battle-hardened enemy made the war untenable.
That is it folks, a list of wars that China has fought in its long history
Sino-Japanese war was 1895 and Taiwan was given to Japan in the same year (and Japan took over).
Civil war ended in 1949. Vietnam war was 1979.
No. Not even close.
Civil War ended in 1949. It began in the 20's.
Europe had better wake up, because the Chinese will go West over land, not East over sea, when they decide to expand again.The Pacific is their back door not the front door.
Regards,
1864 AD Second Opium War-Lost same reason as the first, Britain takes over portions of Shangai and 10 other coastal cities.
1872 AD Sino-French War-Lost one of the few victories of the french, Fance takes Vietnam from China
1887 AD Sino-Russian War-Lost Russia took most of Siberia , established puppet state in Mongolia, and sets up sphere of influence in Manchuria
1896 AD Sino-Japanese War-Lost Japan crushed China's fleet and took over Korea.
1900 AD Boxer Rebellion-Lost , Japan takes Taiwan, Britain, France, Belgium, Spain divides Shanghai and the eastern coast, Germany takes Dalian, Russia takes portions of Manchuria.
1938 AD World War II-Won(Barely) 15 million dead Chinese vs 2 million dead Japanese but defeats Japan's army in Mainland East Asia, and regains Eastern coast, Manchuria, Hainan, and Taiwan.
And they wonder why China's wants to modernize its military.
If you had been beaten silly and tallhappy as the Chinese have in their history, you would do the same.
That's just fine. No need to be that precise. The date of 1949 is the year the Chinese celebrate as the end of that period.
Hundreds of thousands being masacured in Nanjing was not that long ago. It is a memory in the minds of those still alive today.
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