War Republic of China and allies Opponents Result Xinhai Revolution – 1912) Revolutionary victory National Protection War – 1916) Republic of China Empire of China Republican victory Manchu Restoration Republic of China Restored Qing Imperial Government Republic of China victory General Zhang Xun 's army seized Beijing Briefly reinstallation of the last emperor of the Qing dynasty , Puyi , to the throne Restoration quickly reversed by Republican troops World War I – 1918) Allied Powers : and others
Central Powers : and others
Allied Powers victory Partition of the Ottoman Empire , dissolution of Austria-Hungary , transfer of German colonies and territories to other countries Formation of new countries in Europe and the Middle East, such as Poland , Yugoslavia , Weimar Germany , Soviet Russia and Soviet Union , Lithuania , Estonia , Latvia , Austria , Hungary , Czechoslovakia , Turkey , Hejaz , and Yemen M
Occupation of Mongolia – 1921) China Bogd Khanate of Mongolia Buryat-Mongolia White Movement Withdrawal Northern Expedition – 1928) Beiyang government Japan
Nationalist government Soviet Union Communist International
NRA victory Chinese Civil War – 1936) Republic of China Chinese Soviet Republic (from 1931) Jiangxi Soviet (1931–1934) Ceasefire Fighting suspended due to the war with Japan and World War II KMT and CCP form the Second United Front in 1937 Sino-Soviet Conflict Republic of China White movement of Russia Soviet Union Soviet victory Provisions of 1924 agreement upheld; Khabarovsk Protocol signed The Soviet/Russian military occupation over entire Bolshoy Ussuriysky Island until 2004 Sino-Tibetan War – 1932) China Tibet Chinese victory Tibetan invasion repulsed Eastern Xikang falls under Chinese control Japanese Invasion of Manchuria – 1932) China Japanese victory Soviet Invasion of Xinjiang China Ceasefire Xinjiang divided in two Sheng Shicai fails to take over all of Xinjiang Islamic Rebellion in Xinjiang Republic of China Muslim Turkic rebels
Xinjiang clique Soviet Union Provincial government victory Sheng Shicai's pro-Soviet regime establishes its rule over the whole territory of Xinjiang province. Second Sino-Japanese War – 1945) China Japan Victory World War II – 1945) United States Soviet Union United Kingdom China France Poland Canada Australia New Zealand India South Africa Yugoslavia Greece Denmark Norway Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg Czechoslovakia Brazil Mexico Philippines British Malaya Germany Japan Italy Hungary Romania Bulgaria Slovakia Croatia Finland Thailand Manchukuo Mengjiang Victory Chinese Civil War – 1949) Republic of China Yan'an Soviet People's Republic of China (1949)
Communist victory 
