I respect your guts as warriors and this is the reason when another 2 respected senior members detailed me on this I disengaged..... yes Chinese are real fighters not only in modern times but they have glorious history since 1000s of years..... sorry for my immature post....
(April-July 1949) CCP dared to open fire on the British Royal Navy entering the Yangtze River and heavily damaged the warship (amethyst incident) during the duel with KMT to decide the ownership of China.
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(Oct 1950-July 1953) PRC, just 1 year after the founding of the country, dared to send troops to Korea to fight a major war at the level of millions of soldiers against the US-led UN forces, and won(Korean War).
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(July-September 1950) While fighting the Korean War with the US, the PRC responded to the VCP's request by sending General Tran Gung to lead a PLA advisory mission to Vietnam to expel the French colonialists. In less than six months, Tran Gung commanded the Vietnamese army, driven to the brink of extinction on the Chinese border, to wipe out seven battalions of French troops, severely damage two battalions, and destroy more than 8,000 enemies, with 1,720 casualties of his own. The French colonial army was expelled from Vietnam.
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India, 1962. I won't explain this war. You know it.
(15 October 1964-15 March 1969). China breaks off diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union while hostile to the United States. There were 4,189 incidents of exchange of fire on the border between China and the Soviet Union and at least four local wars.
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(1 November 1955 to 30 April 1975) Vietnam War, China warned the United States that it would not be allowed to cross the 17th parallel or it would send frontline infantry into the war. China also sent 320,000 logistical and air defence troops into the war.
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(January 1974) Four Chinese Navy minesweepers encountered four South Vietnamese American-made frigates (the difference in tonnage between the ships was more than 10 times), and the Chinese minesweepers sank one frigate and heavily damaged three frigates through gangway warfare and grenades. Unlike the U.S. Navy, which has only fought Somali pirates, the Chinese Navy is the only post-World War II navy with experience fighting regular navies. Until the 1980s, the Chinese Navy still had a record of fleet-level engagements.
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After the Korean War, the U.S. has never been at war with an army ranked in the top 10 in terms of national power. China, on the other hand, has always fought the top 10 nations. China has defeated all five permanent members. China has been hostile to two superpowers at the same time. Now you see, China no longer needs to prove its mettle.