1938 in China

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Events in the year 1938 in China.

## Incumbents

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* President \- Lin Sen
* Premier \- Kung Hsiang-hsi (Dr. H. H. Kung)
* Vice Premier \- Zhang Qun
* Foreign Minister - Wang Chonghui

## Events

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### January

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* 1 January - The KMT Central Standing Committee resolved at its 62nd meeting, Chiang Kai-shek resigned, the election of Kong Xiangxi as the executive president, leaving the post of vice president of the Executive Yuan, Zhang Qun successor.
* 24 January- Han Fuju was sentenced to death and executed in Wuchang at 7 pm.
* January–June - Battle of Northern and Eastern Henan

### February

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* 18 February - The Imperial Japanese Army Air Service launched air strikes against Wuhan.(Battle of Wuhan; Chinese: 武汉会战)

### March

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* 24 March – 1 May - Battle of Xuzhou
* 24 March – 7 April - Battle of Taierzhuang

### April

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* 29 April - To celebrate emperor Hirohito's birthday, the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service conducted a massive bombing of Wuhan. (Battle of Wuhan; Chinese: 武汉会战)

### May

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* May - Battle of Lanfeng
* 10 May – 12 May - Amoy Operation

### June

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* 6 June - the Japanese forces capture Kaifeng, Henan
* 13 June - the Japanese landing forces occupy Anqing City, Anhui Province.[1]

### October

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* 1 October to 11 October - Battle of Wanjialing
* October–December - Canton Operation

### November

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* 13 November - 1938 Changsha Fire

## Births

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### January

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* January 17
* Tang Jiaxuan, 8th Minister of Foreign Affairs of China
* Zhu Xijuan, film actress

### February

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* February 3 — Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama (d. 1989)
* February 16 — Wu Guixian, first female Vice Premier of China
* February 26 — Yang Shengnan, historian and palaeographer (d. 2019)

### April

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* April 8 — Lui Ming-wah, member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
* April 11 — Fu Zhihuan, 11th Minister of Railways of China
* April 20 — Chiung Yao, Taiwanese writer and producer (d. 2024)
* He Jingtang, prominent architect

### May

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* Jia Chunwang, 8th Procurator-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate

### June

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* June 7 — Gu Long, Hong Kong-born Taiwanese novelist (d. 1985)

### July

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* Shu Huiguo, politician

### August

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* Raidi, politician

### September

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* September 28 — Huang Ju, former Vice Premier of China (d. 2007)

### October

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* October 18 — Wu Guanzheng, 9th Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Chinese Communist Party
* October 26 — Tom Meschery, American basketball player and coach
* October 30 — Shao Hua, photographer and wife of Mao Anqing, second son of Mao Zedong (d. 2008)
* Li Qiyan, 10th Mayor of Beijing (d. 2020)

### November

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* November 6 — Jin Zhanpeng, scientist (d. 2020)
* November 17 — Wu Yi, former Vice Premier of China
* November 20 — Wan Huilin, physical chemist (d. 2024)
* Lu Ruihua, 14th Governor of Guangdong

### December

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* December 24 — Wang Mengshu, tunnel and railway engineer (d. 2018)
* December 28 — Chen Sisi, film and theater actress (d. 2007)
* Zeng Peiyan, member of the 16th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party

## Deaths

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* January 20 — Liu Xiang, warlord of Sichuan (b. 1890)
* January 24 — Han Fuju, Nationalist general (b. 1890)
* March 14 — Wang Mingzhang, Nationalist general (b. 1893)
* March 28 — Zheng Xiaoxu, statesman, diplomat and calligrapher (b. 1860)
* May 15 — Cao Kun, warlord and politician (b. 1862)
* June 8 — Tieliang, general in the Qing dynasty and one of the main members of the Royalist Party (b. 1863)
* September 30 — Tang Shaoyi, 1st Premier of the Republic of China (b. 1862)
* November 4 — Jiang Baili, military writer, strategist, trainer and army general (b. 1882)

## See also

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* List of Chinese films of the 1930s

## References

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1. ^ Israel Epstein. 《人民之戰》. 香港: 和平圖書. 2016.

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