# Three Warfares
**Domain:** Chinese military doctrine
**Doc Type:** Developed Wiki Node
**Maturity:** Developed
**Collection:** [[collections/Gamification|Gamification Collection]]
## Definition
The **Three Warfares** are public-opinion warfare, psychological warfare, and legal warfare, incorporated into Chinese military political-work doctrine in the early 2000s.
## Significance
They exemplify coordinated contest over perception, morale, legitimacy, and legal position below or alongside kinetic force.
## Sources
- [[articles/gamification/Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed|Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed]]
- [Primary or institutional source](https://media.defense.gov/2024/Dec/18/2003615520/-1/-1/0/MILITARY-AND-SECURITY-DEVELOPMENTS-INVOLVING-THE-PEOPLES-REPUBLIC-OF-CHINA-2024.PDF)
## Routes
[[wiki/Legal Warfare|Legal Warfare]] · [[wiki/Mind Dominance|Mind Dominance]] · [[wiki/Cognitive Warfare|Cognitive Warfare]] · [[articles/gamification/Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed|Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed]]