What benefits did China get from fighting in the Korean war?

I see people says there is no gain at all, just a waste of resource and human life. Think again. As I answered another question: How people of South Korea and China now think about Korean War? I explained why Chinese decided to go into this war. read more

China greatly benefited from the war because it forced the USSR to provide China with the industrial capacity to fight this war, and to provide modern weapons to the PLA. In the absence of this conflict, the USSR would not have modernized the PLA, and industrialized China, as Stalin did not like or trust Chairman Mao. read more

The PRC wanted to preserve a North Korean Communist State, but not to dominate it. Instead, the PRC wanted North Korea to serve as a buffer between Manchuria and the US dominated South Korea. The PRC viewpoint made a certain amount of sense. read more

The Korean war was the first major conflict of the cold war, pitting the communist North, supported by China and the Soviet Union, against the capitalist South, supported by a United States-led UN coalition. Although 18 countries participated, China has long known the conflict as the war"to resist United States' aggression and aid North Korea". read more