[DiogenesKynikos]

Those are almost all internal conflicts within China. The only major foreign wars China has been involved in since the founding of the PRC are the Korean War, the Sino-Indian border conflict, and the 1979 Sino-Vietnamese war. It's been more than 40 years since China was involved in a major foreign conflict.

[NicoJuicy]

I thought China had a lot of border conflicts.

https://www.indiatvnews.com/fyi/india-china-border-dispute-w...

Looking some of them up seperatly, the article seems correct.

Stating border conflicts with 18 countries

[DiogenesKynikos]

It has border disputes, but it hasn't been involved in any major military conflict since 1979.

Most (probably all) countries in South and East Asia have multiple border disputes. Japan has disputes with China, Russia and South Korea. India has disputes with Pakistan, China and Nepal, and used to have disputes with Bhutan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. See a trend? Every major country in the region has or has had disputes with every neighboring country.

[wolco]

They are part of the war on terror. However you classify that it has been the major conflict over the last 20 years.

[DiogenesKynikos]

Which Chinese military operations are you referring to?