<China has a large army.But no one knows how battle ready and hardened it is.
No offense to chinese members but it reminds me of a sentence from the movie 300
Leonidus tells xerxes
"You have many slaves and few warriors.They fear your whips more than my sword">
Are u talking sh*t?
1950-1953:
North Korea would have been occupied by the Gringos if the Chinese army did not save them.
1962:
India got her *** kick badly in the '60 war. China should not have withdrawn from AP voluntarily.
The Chinese launched simultaneous offensives in Ladakh and across the McMahon Line on 20 October 1962, coinciding with the Cuban Missile Crisis. Chinese troops advanced over Indian forces in both theaters, capturing Rezang la in Chushul in the western theater, as well as Tawang in the eastern theater. The war ended when the Chinese declared a ceasefire on 20 November 1962, and later withdrew from the disputed area.
1969:
In 1969 Soviet and Chinese soldiers fought a bloody battle over Damansky Island which lies in the Ussuri River. The fighting stopped just short of all-out war but it caused a huge military build-up. Since 1984 the tensions have eased and there is now substantial cross-border trade. Damansky and some other islands were transferred back to China in 1991.
1974:
Chinese military recaptured Paracel Islands from South Vietnam.
1979:
Chinese army bloodied North Vietnamese army:
In February 1979 China attacked along virtually the entire Sino-Vietnamese border in a brief, limited campaign that involved ground forces only. The Chinese attack came at dawn on the morning of 17 February 1979, and employed infantry, armor, and artillery. Air power was not employed then or at any time during the war. Within a day, the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) had advanced some eight kilometers into Vietnam along a broad front. It then slowed and nearly stalled because of heavy Vietnamese resistance and difficulties within the Chinese supply system. On February 21, the advance resumed against Cao Bang in the far north and against the all-important regional hub of Lang Son. Chinese troops entered Cao Bang on February 27, but the city was not secured completely until March 2. Lang Son fell two days later. On March 5, the Chinese, saying Vietnam had been sufficiently chastised, announced that the campaign was over. Beijing declared its "lesson" finished and the PLA withdrawal was completed on March 16.
1987/1988:
PLA recaptured reefs and rocks from Vietnam.
In late 1987, PRC started to deploy troops to some unoccupied reefs of the Spratly Islands. No sooner than the PLA stormed the Johnson South Reef, did a skirmish began between the Vietnamese troops and PRC landing parties in March 14, 1988. Within a year , the PLA taken over seven reefs and rocks of Spratly Islands.
2001:
EP-3 Aries II spy plane under Chinese custody.
The dispute between the US and China over the downed US spy plane over Chinese territory, and the subsequent detention of the crew by the Chinese (see March 31, 2001, April 4-5, 2001, April 6-7, 2001, and April 8, 2001), is resolved. Chinese officials approve the letter from US officials expressing regret over the incident, and early that morning, the crew members are released into American custody. [CNN, 4/2001] The plane, filled with secret US surveillance equipment, remains in Chinese custody; it will eventually be disassembled on Hainan Island by US crews and returned to American custody in July, 2001.
