1937 in China

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See also:| Other events of 1937
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Events in the year 1937 in China.

## Incumbents

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* President: Lin Sen
* Premier: Chiang Kai-shek
* Vice Premier: Kung Hsiang-hsi
* Foreign Minister: Zhang Qun until March 4, then Wang Chonghui

## Events

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### January

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* January 14 — Wang Jingwei took a German passenger boat to Shanghai.
* January 19 — Hunan University was changed to National Hunan University, and the Ministry of Education appointed Pi Zongshi as the principal.[1]
* January 28 — Manuel L. Quezon, President of the Philippines, arrived in Shanghai and departed the next day.

### July to December

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* July 7–9 — Marco Polo Bridge Incident
* early July-early August – Battle of Beiping–Tianjin
* August — Operation Chahar
* August–December — Beiping–Hankou Railway Operation
* August–November — Tianjin–Pukou Railway Operation
* 13 August – 26 November — Battle of Shanghai
* September 1 – November 9 —Battle of Taiyuan
* September 13 – November 11 — Battle of Xinkou
* September 24 – September 25 — Battle of Pingxingguan
* October 26 – November 1 — Defense of Sihang Warehouse
* December 13 — Nanking Massacre

## Births

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* February 5 — Wang Xuan, computer scientist (d. 2006)
* March 28 — Ye Keming, engineer (d. 2021)
* May 17 — Han Dingxiang, underground Roman Catholic bishop of Yongnian (d. 2007)
* June 22 — Chen Li-an, Taiwanese mathematician and former politician
* July 2 — Gu Shengying, classical concert planist (d. 1967)
* July 7 — Tung Chee-hwa, 1st Chief Executive of Hong Kong
* July 11 — Pai Hsien-yung, Taiwanese writer
* July 13 — Xu Huanshan, actor and film director
* July 24 — Betty Loh Ti, Hong Kong actress (d. 1968)
* July 28 — Wang Zhonggao, vascular surgeon (d. 2023)
* August 1 — Tseten Dolma, ethnic Tibetan soprano
* September 29 — Nina Wang, Asia's richest woman (d. 2007)
* October 25 — Guo Guirong, lieutenant general in the People's Liberation Army
* October 26 — Qian Qihu, military engineer
* November 1 — Zhou Chaochen, computer scientist
* December 11 — Xu Kuangdi, 11th Mayor of Shanghai
* December 26 — Gu Yue, actor (d. 2005)

### Dates unknown

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* Liu Caipin
* Yu Xiaosong

## Deaths

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* January 8 — Pamela Werner, child of retired British diplomat E. T. C. Werner (b. 1917)
* July 28
* Zhao Dengyu, general (b. 1898)
* Tong Linge, military officer (b. 1892)
* October 15 — Hao Mengling, general (b. 1892)
* November 21 — Gao Zhihang, WWII flying ace (b. 1907)
* December 1 — Rao Guohua, general from the Sichuan clique (b. 1894)
* December 3 — Yue Yiqin, WWII flying ace (b. 1914)
* December 25 — Xiong Xiling, 4th Premier of the Republic of China (b. 1870)

### Dates unknown

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* Ma Zhongying, Chinese Muslim warlord (b. 1910)

## See also

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* List of Chinese films of the 1930s

## References

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1. ^ 李新總主編，中國社會科學院近代史研究所中華民國史研究室，韓信夫、姜克夫主編 (編). 《中華民國史大事記》. 北京: 中華書局. 2011. ISBN 9787101079982.: 5343

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