Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Southwestern China

Campaign to suppress bandits in southwestern China
Part of Chinese Civil War
DateFebruary 1950 – December 1953
Location
Result Communist victory
Belligerents

 Republic of China

People's Republic of China
Commanders and leaders
unknown Deng Xiaoping
Strength
1,160,000+ 350,000+
Casualties and losses
1,160,000+ Several thousand

The campaign to suppress bandits in southwestern China was a counterinsurgency campaign waged by the forces of the Chinese Communist Party against the Chinese Nationalist guerrillas, mostly consisting of bandits and regular nationalist forces not withdrawn from mainland China during the transfer of the nationalist government to Taiwan. The campaign occurred after the conclusion of World War II during the Chinese Civil War in Southwest China. The Communist counterinsurgency campaign was ultimately successful.