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Welcome to the Chinese military history task force. If you have any questions about articles or are generally seeking advice, you're encouraged to ask at the main military history talk page, or you can directly approach one of the task force participants below. The coordinators of the Military history WikiProject can be contacted here. Scope This task force covers the military history of China both prior to and after the formation of the People's Republic of China, as well as the military history of the Republic of China (commonly known as Taiwan). Any article related to this task force should be marked by adding Chinese-task-force=yes or Chinese=y to the {{WPMILHIST}} project banner at the top of its talk page (see the project banner instructions for more details on the exact syntax). This will automatically place it into Category:Chinese military history task force articles.

Participants

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1. CWH (talk · contribs) Modern Chinese military history.
2. Ghostexorcist (talk · contribs) (Interested primarily Tang and Song Dynasties.)
3. Hexes54 (talk · contribs · count) Modern military history
4. Javert2113 (talk · contribs) (Late Qing, early Republic, Warlord era, and Second Sino-Japanese War)
5. Ktsquare (talk · contribs)
6. Thehistorianisaac (talk · contribs) (Modern Chinese military and maybe bit of northern and southern dynasties)
7. Romanov loyalist (talk · contribs) (late Qing dynasty, warlord era and Second Sino-Japanese War)
8. Underbar_dk (talk · contribs) (Three Kingdoms and the Ming dynasty)
9. KeeperOfThePeace (talk · contribs) (Han and Three Kingdoms, as well as Tang and Ming history)
10. Toadspike (talk · contribs) (All parts of Chinese history, really. I just need motivation to write content.)

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Article statistics

The table to the right shows the current article assessment statistics for this task force. A list of the top 500 most popular articles within our scope, as well as the number of page views each article received over the past month, can be found here. With most of our articles assessed as Stub- or Start-Class, there's a lot of work to be done. However, we also have a number of good, A-Class, and featured articles, which have been assessed as amongst the best Wikipedia has to offer. These articles serve as a yardstick for what can be achieved and should be aimed for, and can provide ideas about how to write an article and what sources to consult; they are listed below: Featured articles 1740 Batavia massacre Felice Beato Battle of Caishi Chagatai Khan Choe Bu Genghis Khan Han dynasty Jin–Song wars Jochi Ming dynasty Battle of Red Cliffs Shen Kuo Shigi Qutuqu Shunzhi Emperor Society of the Song dynasty Song dynasty Tang dynasty Ming–Tibet relations Tolui Yongle Emperor Zhao Chongguo Zhou Tong (archer) Featured lists Army groups of the National Revolutionary Army Timeline of the Jin–Song wars A-Class articles Battle of Hulao Battle of Kapyong First Battle of Maryang-san Operation Matterhorn Operation Rolling Thunder Sasaki Tōichi Good articles 1922 Baoding plane crash Assassin's mace Battle of Hulao Battle of Huoyi Battle of Kowloon Battle of Yanshi Battle of Yingzhou Defense of Beijing Bozhou rebellion Canton Coolie Corps Rebellion of Cao Qin Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River Chinese cruiser Chaoyong Chenqiao mutiny Battle of Chosin Reservoir Conquest of the Western Turks Death toll of the Nanjing Massacre Chinese ironclad Dingyuan Dingyuan-class ironclad Chinese transport Fu Po Chinese frigate Hai'an Han Lin'er Han campaigns against Minyue Heilongjiang hand cannon History of the Song dynasty History of the Great Wall of China History of the Han dynasty Hongwu Emperor Hu Lanqi Huolongjing Hushahu January Storm Jinan incident Jingnan campaign Chinese cruiser Jingyuan (1886) Chinese cruiser Jiyuan Siege of Kaifeng (1232) Battle of Kapyong Kim Chwajin Kowloon Walled City Battle of Kranji Lan Yu (general) Liao dynasty John Van Antwerp MacMurray Mae Salong First Battle of Maryang-san Iwane Matsui Ming treasure voyages Mongol conquest of the Qara Khitai Mulan (1998 film) Chinese cruiser Nan Chen Battle of Nanking National Pacification Army Nezak Huns Northern Expedition Battle of Onjong Operation Matterhorn Ordos campaign (1592) Battle of Pakchon Peng Dehuai Polonsky conspiracy Prince of Anhua rebellion Prince of Ning rebellion The Rape of Nanking (book) Battle of the Samichon River Sasaki Tōichi Third Battle of Seoul Southward expansion of the Han dynasty Stanley Internment Camp Toluid Civil War Torreón massacre Battle of Triangle Hill Tumu Crisis Turks in the Tang military Battle of Unsan Wang Bingzhang (general) First and second battles of Wonju World War II Wujing Zongyao Xifeng concentration camp Xu Shunshou Xuande Emperor Chinese cruiser Yangwei Chinese corvette Yangwu Yongle Emperor's campaigns against the Mongols Chinese frigate Yuyuen Chinese ironclad Zhenyuan Chinese cruiser Zhiyuan Zhu De

Chinese military history task force assessment statistics Articles Lists FA 22 FL 2 A 6 AL 0 GA 83     B 346 BL 8 C 1,456 CL 17 Start 2,792 List 83 Stub 773     Total 5,478 Total 110 Other pages Category 1,164 Disambig 27 Draft 3 File 33 Portal 2 Project 3 Redirect 473 SIA 33 Template 200 User 1 Total 1,939 Unassessed 0 Statistics ω 26,139 Ω 4.678 category

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Popular pages

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Cleanup needed

Battle of Keelung • Battle of Xinfeng

Requested articles

Gurkha Security Guards Limited • Kesig • Battle of Luban Chang • Battle of Zunyi • Conquest of Qingyuan • Battle of Hsinchu • Battle of Miaoli • Battle of Budai • Kuomintang insurgency • China–United States proxy conflict (draft) • Resolute Army • Tenacious Army • Li Wenzhong • Border Defense Corps (China)

Expansion needed

Yulin class gunboat • Battle of Lanfeng • Battle of Rehe • Battle of Suiyuan • 1950–1951 invasion of Tibet • People's Liberation Army General Staff Headquarters • Battle of Dingjunshan • History of the Khitans • Siege of Tainan • Xiao Ke• Zhang Guohua • 90th Division (1st Formation)(People's Republic of China) • Teng Haiqing • El Temür • Battle of Lazikou

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Merging needed

Type 051B destroyer and Chinese destroyer Shenzhen

Citations needed

Battle of Chamdo • Sino-Tibetan War

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Jingnan Campaign

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Did you know

• 09 Jul 2026 – Polonsky conspiracy (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Grnrchst (t · c); see discussion
• 06 Jul 2026 – 1922 Baoding plane crash (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Aviationwikiflight (t · c); see discussion

Proposed deletions

• 20 Jul 2026 – Tani Army (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Kowal2701 (t · c) was deleted

Redirects for discussion

• 24 Jul 2026 – Wang Ying (hanjin) (talk · edit · hist) →Wang Ying (ROC) was RfDed by Duckmather (t · c); see discussion

Featured article candidates

• 13 Jun 2026 – Hongwu Emperor (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by Min968 (t · c); see discussion

Good article nominees

• 08 Jun 2026 – Hong Chengchou (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Changdao1644 (t · c); start discussion
• 28 Feb 2026 – Ming–Việt War (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Min968 (t · c); see discussion
• 17 Jul 2026 – Battle of Yingzhou (talk · edit · hist) GA nominated by Min968 (t · c) was promoted, see discussion

Requests for comments

• 19 Jul 2026 – World War I (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by Emiya1980 (t · c); see discussion
• 11 Jul 2026 – Tang dynasty (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by Guile's Theme (t · c); see discussion

Requested moves

• 27 Jul 2026 – Wang Ying (ROC) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Wang Ying (military commander) by Pppery (t · c); see discussion
• 22 Jul 2026 – Project 639 (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to 639 (nuclear test) by Doeze (t · c); see discussion
• 22 Jul 2026 – Project 596 (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to 596 (nuclear test) by Doeze (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be split

• 10 Apr 2026 – Cross-strait relations (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Wasting time is still my passion (t · c); see discussion
• 19 Mar 2026 – Cyberwarfare and China (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Piotrus (t · c); see discussion
• 19 Sep 2025 – Grenade (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by BP OMowe (t · c); see discussion
• 01 Mar 2025 – Imjin War (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Grapesurgeon (t · c); see discussion

Resources

• 中国黄埔军校网
• 中央研究院 漢籍電子文獻
• Joint Study of the Sino-Japanese War (Harvard University Asia Center)
• Three Kingdoms Battle Chronology
• 爭奪台灣，荷西展開在台最大一次戰役
• 台灣抗清概述
• Chinese Ministry of Defense
• 2022 PLAN recognition guide, office of naval intelligence
• PLA Daily archives from 2018-2025
• 中国军网英烈纪念堂