1908 in China
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Events from the year 1908 in China.
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Incumbents
Viceroys
- Viceroy of Zhili — Yang Shixiang[1]
- Viceroy of Min-Zhe — Songshou[2]
- Viceroy of Huguang — Chen Kuilong then Ruicheng
- Viceroy of Shaan-Gan — Shengyun then Changgeng
- Viceroy of Liangguang — Zhang Renjun then Yang Shuxun[3] then Zengqi[4]
- Viceroy of Yun-Gui — Xiliang then Li Jingxi
- Viceroy of Sichuan — Zhao Erxun then Duanfang
- Viceroy of Liangjiang — Duanfang then Fan Zengxiang then Zhang Renjun
Events
- March 4 – One of earlier financial service founded in this nation, China Bank of Communications was founded.[5]
- July 22 — The Qing government issues the Outline of Imperial Constitution, based on the Meiji Constitution of Japan, which establishes a framework for local and national legislative elections to be held.
- December 2 — Puyi ascended the throne at the age of three as the Xuantong Emperor, the twelfth and final ruler of the Qing dynasty.
Births
- February 19 – Qin Hanzhang, engineer (died 2019)
- July – Yin Linping, politician (died 1984)
- October 26 – Zhao Shangzhi, military commander (died 1942)
- November 7 – Zhou Yang, literary and political theorist (died 1989)
- December 31 – Zhu Zhixian, psychologist (died 1981)
Deaths
- November 14 - Guangxu Emperor (b. 1871)[6]
- November 15 - Empress Dowager Cixi (b. 1835)[7]
