1935 in China

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Events in the year 1935 in China.

Incumbents

President: Lin Sen
Premier: Wang Jingwei until December 1, Chiang Kai-shek
Vice Premier: Kung Hsiang-hsi
Foreign Minister: Zhang Qun

Events

January 15–17 — Zunyi Conference^[1]
January – February 5 — First Encirclement Campaign against Hubei–Henan–Shaanxi Soviet
February–April 18 — Second Encirclement Campaign against Hubei–Henan–Shaanxi Soviet
April – July — Second Encirclement Campaign against the Shaanxi-Gansu Soviet
May 29 — Battle of Luding Bridge
June 10 — He–Umezu Agreement^[2]
June 27 — Chin–Doihara Agreement^[3]
August 20 – October 25 — Third Encirclement Campaign against the Shaanxi-Gansu Soviet

Births

January 7 — Li Shengjiao, diplomat and international jurist (d. 2017)
March 4 — Ye Liansong, politician
March 21 — Gu Jianfen, composer
April 25 — Li Ao, Taiwanese writer, politician and television personality (d. 2018)
May 13 — Zhao Fazhen, aquaculturist (d. 2025)
May 30 — Ni Kuang, Hong Kong novelist and screenwriter (d. 2022)
July 6 — Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama
July 7 — Chan Wing-chan, politician
July 13 — Qiu Xigui, historian, palaeographer and professor
July 14 — Zhang Hanzhi, diplomat (d. 2008)
July 18 — Luo Gan, politician
September 1 — Chow Yei-ching, Hong Kong executive (d. 2018)
November 1 — Xie Fang, actress and author (d. 2024)
November 27 — Zhang Honggen, international football player and coach (d. 2003)
December 6
- Shan Tianfang, Pingshu performer (d. 2018)
- Wang Hongwen, former Vice Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party (d. 1992)
December 14 — Chiang Hsiao-wen, eldest son of 3rd President of the Republic of China Chiang Ching-kuo (d. 1989)

Dates unknown

Yao Youxin, painter and professor
Zhou Bangxin, engineer
Chen Yaobang, politician
Lin Xiling, activist and dissident
Au Ho-nien, painter (d. 2024)
Patsy Kar, Hong Kong actress (d. 2022)

Deaths

January 28 — Shen Hongying, general in the Old Guangxi clique (b. 1871)
January 31 — Lu Diping, military general and politician (b. 1887)
February 21 — Xie Zichang, key founder of the Chinese Red Army and the Chinese Soviet Republic in Shaanxi Province (b. 1897)
February 24 — He Shuheng, communist revolutionary (b. 1876)
March 5 — Chen Baochen, official during the late Qing era (b. 1848)
March 8 — Ruan Lingyu, silent film actress (b. 1910)
March 29 — Qian Zhuangfei, doctor, film director and secret agent for the CCP (b. 1895)
April 25 — Mao Zetan, communist guerrilla soldier and younger brother of Mao Zedong (b. 1905)
May 13 — Liu Zhennian, military commander (b. 1898)
June 18 — Qu Qiubai, writer, poet, translator and political activist (b. 1899)
July 16 — Zheng Zhengqiu, filmmaker (b. 1889)
July 17 — Nie Er, composer best known for "March of the Volunteers" (b. 1912)
August 6 — Fang Zhimin, communist military and political leader (b. 1899)
September 1 — Hu Di, filmmaker and secret agent for the CCP (b. 1905)
October 8 — Huang Kan, phonologist, philologist and revolutionary (b. 1886)
November 13 — Sun Chuanfang, warlord of the Zhili clique (b. 1885)

References

^ Yang, Benjamin (1986). "The Zunyi Conference as One Step in Mao's Rise to Power: A Survey of Historical Studies of the Chinese Communist Party". The China Quarterly. 106: 235–271. doi:10.1017/S030574100003856X. ISSN 0305-7410. S2CID 154748556.
^ Coble, Parks M. (February 1985). "Chiang Kai-shek and the Anti-Japanese Movement in China: Zou Tao-fen and the National Salvation Association, 1931–1937". The Journal of Asian Studies. 44 (2): 293–310. doi:10.2307/2055924. ISSN 0021-9118. JSTOR 2055924. S2CID 154634486.
^ Inlow, Burke (February 1947). "Japan's "Special Trade" in North China, 1935-37". The Far Eastern Quarterly. 6 (2): 139–167. doi:10.2307/2049158. JSTOR 2049158. S2CID 158591703.

[1] Yang, Benjamin (1986). "The Zunyi Conference as One Step in Mao's Rise to Power: A Survey of Historical Studies of the Chinese Communist Party". The China Quarterly. 106: 235–271. doi:10.1017/S030574100003856X. ISSN 0305-7410. S2CID 154748556.

[2] Coble, Parks M. (February 1985). "Chiang Kai-shek and the Anti-Japanese Movement in China: Zou Tao-fen and the National Salvation Association, 1931–1937". The Journal of Asian Studies. 44 (2): 293–310. doi:10.2307/2055924. ISSN 0021-9118. JSTOR 2055924. S2CID 154634486.

[3] Inlow, Burke (February 1947). "Japan's "Special Trade" in North China, 1935-37". The Far Eastern Quarterly. 6 (2): 139–167. doi:10.2307/2049158. JSTOR 2049158. S2CID 158591703.

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