1928 in China

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Events in the year 1928 in China.

## Incumbents

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* President – Zhang Zuolin, Tan Yankai, Chiang Kai-shek
* Premier – Pan Fu, Tan Yankai
* Vice Premier – Feng Yuxiang

## Events

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### February

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* 7 February – Tan Yankai became the first Chairman of the Nationalist Government.

### March

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* 26 March – The China Academy of Art is founded in Hangzhou (originally named the National Academy of Art).

### April

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* 30 April – Beiyang government troops withdrew from Jinan.

### May

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* 3 May – Jinan Incident, an armed conflict between the Japanese Imperial Army allied with Northern Chinese warlords against the Kuomintang's southern army, occurs in Jinan.[1][2][3][4][5]

### June

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* 4 June – Huanggutun Incident (Japanese assassination of the Chinese head of state Generalissimo Zhang Zuolin).[6]

### July

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* 1 July – Zhang Xueliang announced an armistice with the Kuomintang and proclaimed that he would not interfere with the re-unification.
* 3 July – Chiang Kai-shek arrived in Beijing and met the representative from the Fengtian clique to discuss a peaceful settlement.
* 8 July – Looting of the Eastern Mausoleum.
* 25 July – The United States recalls its troops from China.

### October

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* 8 October – Chiang Kai-shek is named as Generalissimo (Chairman of the Military Affairs Commission) of the Nationalist government of the Republic of China.

### December

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* 29 December – Chinese reunification.[7]

## Births

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### January

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* January 1 — Wu Yangjie, organic chemist
* January 2 — Nie Bichu, 11th Mayor of Tianjin (d. 2018)
* January 5 — Qian Qichen, 7th Minister of Foreign Affairs of China (d. 2017)

### February

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* February 3 — Hou Feng, plant breeding engineer (d. 2020)
* February 12 — Wang Yeping, spouse of the 4th Paramount Leader Jiang Zemin
* February 17 — Zhang Shourong, metallurgist (d. 2024)
* February 23 — Zhang Cunhao, physical chemist (d. 2024)

### March

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* March 7 — Lee Shau-kee, Hong Kong business magnate, investor and philanthropist
* March 11 — Zhao Lirong, singer and film actress (d. 2000)
* March 19 — Sutano Djuhar, Indonesian Chinese businessman, investor and philanthropist (d. 2018)

### July

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* July 26 — Zong Pu, novelist
* July 28 — Ng Teng Fong, Singaporean real estate tycoon (d. 2010)
* July 29 — Li Ka-shing, Hong Kong billionaire business magnate, investor and philanthropist
* Zhao Baotong, MiG-15 pilot (d. 2003)

### August

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* August 1
* Zhang Wannian, general of the People's Liberation Army (d. 2015)
* Shen Daren, 7th Secretary of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (d. 2017)
* August 18 — John Liu Shi-gong, Roman Catholic bishop (d. 2017)

### October

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* October 20 — Li Peng, 4th Premier of China (d. 2019)
* October 21 — Yu Kwang-chung, Taiwanese writer, poet, educator and critic (d. 2017)
* October 23 — Zhu Rongji, 5th Premier of China

### November

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* November 5 — Gyalo Thondup, Tibetan politician (d. 2025)

### Dates unknown

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* Sun Shenlu, pilot of the People's Liberation Army Air Force (d. 1952)

## Deaths

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* March 21 — Zhang Shaozeng, 15th Premier of the Republic of China (b. 1879)
* March 30 — Xia Minghan, early leader of the Chinese Communist Revolution (b. 1900)
* April 30 — Gu Hongming, British Malaya born Chinese man of letters (b. 1857)
* May 1 — Xiang Jingyu, pioneer of the women's movement of China (b. 1895)
* May 3 — Cai Gongshi, nationalist politician and diplomat (b. 1881)
* June 3 — Li Yuanhong, 2nd President of the Republic of China (b. 1864)
* June 4 — Huanggutun incident
* Zhang Zuolin, warlord of Manchuria and leader of the Fengtian clique (b. 1875)
* Wu Junsheng, general and commander-in-chief of the cavalry in the Northeastern Army (b. 1863)
* June 6 — Chen Qiaonian, revolutionary and early leader of the Chinese Communist Party (b. 1902)
* July 7 — Yang Zengxin, 1st Governor of Xinjiang (b. 1864)
* September 30 — Shi Pingmei, writer (b. 1902)
* October 14 — Chen Jue, communist revolutionary (b. 1903)
* November 6 — Lu Rongting, warlord and head of the Old Guangxi clique (b. 1859)

## References

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1. ^ Li Jiazhen (1987) Jinan Tragedy p 238,
2. ^ Iriye, After Imperialism, 199–201.
3. ^ Ji'nan Government (1 September 2005). "The Year of 1928". Archived from the original on 24 July 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2013. "蔡公时用日语抗议，日兵竟将其耳鼻割去，继又挖去舌头、眼睛。日军将被缚人员的衣服剥光，恣意鞭打，然后拉至院内用机枪扫射"
4. ^ An Xiang: "Second Northern Expedition 1928: Part II" Archived 11 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
5. ^ Jay Taylor, The Generalissimo: Chiang Kai-Shek and the Struggle for Modern China (Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009), 82–83.
6. ^ Beasley, Japanese Imperialism. p. 187.
7. ^ Republic of China historical annal: 1928 Archived 11 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine under 1 July, section A.

## Bibliography

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* Beasley, W.G. (1991). Japanese Imperialism 1894–1945. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-822168-1.
* Akira Iriye, After Imperialism: The Search for a New Order in the Far East, 1921–1931 (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1965; reprinted:Chicago: Imprint Publications, 1990): 193–205.

## External links

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* Media related to 1928 in China at Wikimedia Commons

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