War Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result Japanese colonial rule (1895–1945) Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1895) Republic of Formosa Local militias Empire of Japan Japanese victory Beipu uprising (1907) Hakka Saisiyat Japan Japanese victory Tapani incident (1915) Da Ming Cibeiguo [ zh ] Han Taiwanese Taiwanese aborigines Empire of Japan Japanese victory Musha Incident (1930) Tkdaya [ 1] Empire of Japan Toda Truku [ 1] (Taroko)Japanese victory Second Sino-Japanese War (1937– 1945) Chinese victory Republic of China (1945–present) Chinese Civil War (second phase) (1945– 1949) 1945–1949: Republic of China 1945–1949: Yan'an Soviet People's Republic of China (1949) Communist victory First Taiwan Strait Crisis (1954–1955) Republic of China United States People's Republic of China Ceasefire; major escalation avoided Second Taiwan Strait Crisis (1958) Republic of China United States People's Republic of China Ceasefire Communist insurgency in Thailand (1965– 1983) Thailand Kingdom of Laos (until 1975) ROC 93rd Division [ 2] Malaysia [ 3] [ 4] Supported by : United States Shan United Revolutionary Army [ 5] Karen National Union [ 6]
Communist Party of Thailand People's Liberation Army of Thailand Federation of Farmers and Workers National Student Center of Thailand Ethnic groups, especially the Hmong Pathet Lao Malayan Communist Party [ 7] Communist Party of Burma [ 8] Supported by: Khmer Rouge (until 1978) People's Republic of Kampuchea (since 1979) People's Republic of China (until 1980) North Vietnam
Thai government victory Amnesty declared on 23 April 1980 by the Thai government Order 66/2523 signed by Prime Minister Prem Tinsulanonda Communist insurgency declines and ends in 1983 Third Taiwan Strait Crisis (1995–1996) Republic of China United States (naval support) People's Republic of China Inconclusive