The following is a list of Chinese wars and battles, organized by date. Ancient China Imperial China Qin dynasty (221–206 BCE) Han dynasty (206 BCE – 220 CE) Chu-Han Contention (206–202 BCE) Western Han (206 BCE – 9 CE) Xin dynasty (9–23 CE) and early Eastern Han (25–36 CE) Eastern Han – middle period (36–184) End of the Han dynasty (184–220) Three Kingdoms period (220–280) Jin dynasty (265–420), the Southern Dynasties (420–587), the Sixteen Kingdoms (304–439) and the Northern Dynasties (386–581) Sui dynasty (581–618) Tang dynasty (618–907) Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period (907–960) Song dynasty (960–1279) Liao dynasty (907–1125) Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115–1234) Yuan dynasty (1271–1368) Ming dynasty (1368–1644) Qing dynasty (1644–1912) Modern China Yuan Shikai-led Republic of China Bai Lang Rebellion (1911-1913) Second Chinese Revolution (1913) World War I (1914-1918) National Protection War (1915-1916) Warlord Era Manchu Restoration (1917) Kuomintang pacification of Qinghai (1917-1949) Battle of Xiahe (1929) Occupation of Mongolia (1919-1921) Zhili–Anhui War (1920) Guangdong–Guangxi War (1920-1922) Spirit Soldier rebellions (1920–1926) Mongolian Revolution (1921) First Zhili–Fengtian War (1922) Second Zhili–Fengtian War (1924) Anti-Fengtian War (1925) Yunnan–Guangxi War (1925-1927) Northern Expedition (1926–1928) April 12 Incident (1927) Muslim conflict in Gansu (1927–1930) Red Spears' uprising in Shandong (1928–1929) Warlord Rebellion in northeastern Shandong Central Plains War (1929-1930) Chiang-Gui War (1929) Nationalist government during the Nanjing decade (1927-1937) Sino-Soviet conflict (1929) Sino-Tibetan War (1930–1932) Qinghai–Tibet War (1932) Kirghiz rebellion (1932) Han–Liu War (1932) Kumul Rebellion (1930–1934) Kizil massacre (1933) Battle of Aksu (1933) Battle of Sekes Tash (1933) Battle of Kashgar (1933) First Battle of Urumqi (1933) Battle of Toksun (1933) Second Battle of Urumqi (1934) Battle of Kashgar (1934) Battle of Yangi Hissar (1934) Battle of Yarkand (1934) Charkhlik Revolt (1934) Fujian Rebellion (1933–34) Soviet invasion of Xinjiang (1934) Battle of Tutung Battle of Dawan Cheng War in Ningxia (1934) Charkhlik revolt (1935) Xinjiang War (1937) Chinese Civil War (First phase, 1927–1936) 1927 — Shanghai massacre 1927 — Nanchang Uprising 1927 — Autumn Harvest Uprising 1927 — Guangzhou Uprising 1930–31 — First Encirclement Campaign 1931 — Second Encirclement Campaign 1931 — Third Encirclement Campaign 1932 — Fourth Encirclement Campaign 1933–34 — Fifth Encirclement Campaign 1934–1936 — Long March 1935 — Battles at Luding Bridge Second Sino-Japanese War (1931-1945, part of World War II from 1941) Ili Rebellion (1944–1949) 1946–1948 — Battle of Baitag Bogd (Pei-ta-shan Incident) Chinese Civil War (Second phase, 1945–1949) Conflicts in the Chinese Civil War in