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Events in the year 1952 in China.

## Incumbents

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* Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party – Mao Zedong
* Chairman of the Government – Mao Zedong
* Vice Chairmen of the Government – Zhu De Liu Shaoqi, Song Qingling, Li Jishen, Zhang Lan, Gao Gang
* Premier – Zhou Enlai
* Vice Premiers – Dong Biwu, Chen Yun, Guo Moruo, Huang Yanpei, Deng Xiaoping

### Governors

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* Governor of Anhui Province – Zeng Xisheng (starting unknown)
* Governor of Fujian Province – Zhang Dingcheng
* Governor of Gansu Province – Deng Baoshan
* Governor of Guangdong Province – Ye Jianying
* Governor of Guizhou Province – Yang Yong
* Governor of Hebei Province – Yang Xiufeng then Lin Tie
* Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Yu Yifu then Zhao Dezun
* Governor of Henan Province – Wu Zhipu
* Governor of Hubei Province – Li Xiannian
* Governor of Hunan Province – Wang Shoudao then Cheng Qian
* Governor of Jiangsu Province – Tan Zhenlin (starting unknown)
* Governor of Jiangxi Province – Shao Shiping
* Governor of Jilin Province – Zhou Chiheng then Li Youwen
* Governor of Qinghai Province – Zhao Shoushan then Zhang Zhongliang
* Governor of Shaanxi Province – Ma Mingfang (until November), Zhao Shoushan (starting November)
* Governor of Shandong Province – Kang Sheng
* Governor of Shanxi Province – Lai Ruoyu then Pei Lisheng
* Governor of Sichuan Province – Li Jingquan (starting September)
* Governor of Yunnan Province – Chen Geng
* Governor of Zhejiang Province – Tan Zhenlin

## Events

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Battle of Triangle Hill: A squad of Chinese infantrymen in defensive position on Triangle Hill.

* January 26 - The Five-anti campaign was launched in an effort to rid Chinese cities of corruption and enemies of the state. It became an all out war against the bourgeoisie in China.[1]
* April 11–15 – Chinese Civil War: Battle of Nanri Island
* October 14-November 25 – Korean War: Battle of Triangle Hill

## Births

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### January

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* January 2 — Ng Man-tat, Hong Kong actor (d. 2021)
* January 7 — Sammo Hung, Hong Kong actor, martial artist, film producer and film director
* January 8 — Chen Ziming, dissident and columnist for Deutsche Welle (d. 2014)
* January 25 — Liu He, economist and former Vice Premier of China

### February

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* February 7 — Tony Liu, Hong Kong actor and martial artist
* February 8 — Nora Miao, Hong Kong film actress
* February 13 — Lung Ying-tai, Taiwanese writer, cultural critic and public intellectual
* February 21 — Jia Pingwa, author of novels
* Zhang Beisan, diplomat

### March

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* March 25 — Jung Chang, Chinese-born British author and historian
* March 26 — Wang Jun, 12th Secretary of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese Communist Party

### April

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* April 20 — Ureltu, Evenk writer
* April 23 — Tian Zhuangzhuang, film director, producer and actor

### May

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* May 1 — Huang Qifan, 17th Mayor of Chongqing
* May 2 — Lee Li-chun, Taiwanese actor and xiangsheng performer
* May 4 — Tang Guoqiang, highest ranking actor
* May 6
* Zhang Zhaozhong, military theorist
* Wang Lin, qigong and psi practitioner (d. 2017)
* May 13 — Wang Xiaobo, novelist and essayist (d. 1997)
* May 18 — Lu Zhangong, 14th Secretary of the Henan Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
* May 21 — John Shum, Hong Kong actor and film producer

### June

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* Wu Hanming, microelectronics engineer
* Bao Kexin, politician and business executive (d. 2019)

### July

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* July 28 — Shu Ting, poet

### August

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* August 6 — Danny Lee, Hong Kong actor, film producer, screenwriter, director, action director and presenter
* August 12 — Chen Kaige, film director, producer, and screen writer
* August 22 — Hau Lung-pin, 12th Mayor of Taipei
* August 28 — Zhang Xinfeng, police and security official

### September

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* September 6 — Henry Tang, 3rd Financial Secretary of Hong Kong

### October

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* October 1 — Anthony Chan, Hong Kong actor
* October 26 — Luo Baoming, 6th Governor of Hainan
* October 31 — Wu Ziniu, film director
* Bi Shumin, novelist, self-help writer and psychiatrist
* Zhang Junzhao, film director and screenwriter (d. 2018)

### November

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* November 12 — Liu Wen-cheng, Taiwanese singer and actor

### December

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* December 20 — Zhu Lin, film actress
* December 23 — Chi Zhongrui, actor
* December 27 — Lam Ching-ying, Hong Kong stuntman, actor, martial artist and action director (d. 1997)
* Zheng Qingdian, diplomat

## Deaths

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### April

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* April 10 — Sa Zhenbing, prominent admiral of the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China (b. 1859)
* Wang Weike, translator (b. 1900)

### July

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* July 29 — Rong Desheng, industrialist (b. 1875)

### August

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* August 8 — Fan Wanzhang, MiG-15 pilot of the 3rd Fighter Aviation Division of the People's Liberation Army Air Force (b. 1927)
* August 12 — Wang Shijing, politician and banker in the Republic of China (b. 1887)

### September

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* September 7 — Lu Muzhen, first wife of Chinese revolutionary Sun Yat-sen (b. 1867)

### October

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* October 12 — Qiu Shaoyun, PLA soldier (b. 1926)
* October 19 — Huang Jiguang, highly-decorated PLA soldier (b. 1931)

### November

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* November 27 — Zhou Xuechang, important figure of the Wang Jingwei regime (b. 1898)

### December

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* December 3 — Sun Shenlu, pilot of the People's Liberation Army Air Force (b. 1928)

### Dates unknown

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* Wang Jingguo, nationalist general from Shanxi (b. 1893)
* Mao Zuquan, nationalist politician (b. 1883)

## See also

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* 1952 in Chinese film

## References

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1. ^ Spence, Jonathan D. [1991] (1991). The Search for Modern China. WW Norton & Company publishing. ISBN 0-393-30780-8

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