Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Ya bar rundunarsa a 1921 don ci gaba da karatunsa a makarantar soja ta Frunze, daga inda ya kammala karatu a 1925. Saboda kyakkyawan aikinsa na ilimi, an gayyaci Chuikov ya zauna a Makarantar Soja ta Frunze har tsawon shekara guda don nazarin yaren Sinanci da tarihi a Sashen Nazarin Gabas. A cikin kaka na 1926, Chuikov ya shiga cikin tawagar diflomasiyyar Soviet da suka ziyarci Harbin, Changchun, Port Arthur, Dalian, Tianjin da Beijing, biranen arewa maso gabas da arewacin China. Bayan kammala karatunsa a cikin kaka na 1927, an tura Chuikov zuwa China a matsayin mai kula da soja. Chuikov ya yi balaguro sosai a kudancin China da Sichuan, ya zama mai iya magana da Sinanci, kuma ya sami zurfin fahimtar siyasa da al'adun kasar Sin. A shekara ta 1929, a lokacin
China Eastern Railway Incident, an tilasta Chuikov ya bar China bayan Tarayyar Soviet ta karya dangantakar diflomasiyya da Jamhuriyar China a ranar 13 ga Yuli. An sanya Chuikov zuwa Sabon Rundunar Sojojin Gabas ta Tsakiya ta Musamman a Khabarovsk kuma ya yi aiki a kan bayanan sirri na soja, yana ba da rahoto ga Vasily Blyukher, kwamandan Sojojin Gabas ta Tsakiya. Sojojin Gabas ta Tsakiya na Soviet sun kayar da Sojojin Arewa maso Gabas na Zhang Xueliang, kuma Chuikov ya halarci tattaunawar da ta dawo da ikon Soviet na Railway na Gabas ta Tsakiya.