Naval history of China

Chinese mariner, explorer, and diplomat

longest canal or artificial river in the world located in China

type of vessel typically of Southeast Asian or East Asian origin

Zheng Chenggong (; 27 August 1624 – 23 June 1662), born Zheng Sen () and better known internationally by his honorific title Koxinga (), was a Southern Ming general who resisted the Qing conquest of China in the 17th century and expelled the Dutch from Taiwan, founding the Kingdom of Tungning.

Wokou (; ; Hepburn: ; ; literal Chinese translation: "dwarf bandits"), which translates to "Japanese pirates", were pirates who raided the coastlines of China and Korea from the 13th century to the 17th century. The wokou were made of various ethnicities of East Asian ancestry, which varied over time and raided the mainland from islands in the Sea of Japan and East China Sea.

1958 conflict between the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of China (ROC) in which the PRC shelled Kinmen and Matsu

Qing dynasty general (1812-1885)

1954–1955 conflict between the Republic of China and the People's Republic of China

Chinese alchemist and explorer in the Qin Dynasty

the effect of a series of missile tests (1995–1996) conducted by the People's Republic of China in the waters surrounding Taiwan including the Taiwan Strait

one of the four modernised Chinese navies in the late Qing Dynasty

conflict between Sui dynasty of China and Goguryeo Kingdom of Korea

maritime warfare branch of the Qing Empire's military

aspect of Chinese history

island

battened lugsail from Asia

fleet

military unit

one of the four modernised Chinese naval fleets in the late Qing Dynasty

shipyard in Fuzhou, China

an aspect of history

Yishiha (; also rendered as Išiqa and Isiha; Jurchen: 60px ) (fl. 1409–1451), sinicized name Yi Xin (易信), was a Jurchen eunuch of the Ming dynasty of China. He served the Ming emperors who commissioned several expeditions down the Songhua and Amur Rivers during the period of Ming rule of Manchuria, and is credited with the construction of the only two Ming dynasty Buddhist temples ever built on the territory of present-day Russia.

Ming dynasty author, advisor, secretary, explorer

by Chinese-led international merchant-pirates (including the Japanese) on Ming dynasty China

Qing Dynasty prince

series of conflicts between the Ming dynasty of China and the Dutch East India Company