1928 in China
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Events in the year 1928 in China.
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Incumbents
Events
February
- 7 February â Tan Yankai became the first Chairman of the Nationalist Government.
March
- 26 March â The China Academy of Art is founded in Hangzhou (originally named the National Academy of Art).
April
- 30 April â Beiyang government troops withdrew from Jinan.
May
- 3 May â 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
- 4 June â Huanggutun Incident (Japanese assassination of the Chinese head of state Generalissimo Zhang Zuolin).[6]
July
- 1 July â Zhang Xueliang announced an armistice with the Kuomintang and proclaimed that he would not interfere with the re-unification.
- 3 July â Chiang Kai-shek arrived in Beijing and met the representative from the Fengtian clique to discuss a peaceful settlement.
- 8 July â Looting of the Eastern Mausoleum.
- 25 July â The United States recalls its troops from China.
October
- 8 October â Chiang Kai-shek is named as Generalissimo (Chairman of the Military Affairs Commission) of the Nationalist government of the Republic of China.
December
- 29 December â Chinese reunification.[7]
Births
January
- January 1 â Wu Yangjie, organic chemist
- January 2 â Nie Bichu, 11th Mayor of Tianjin (d. 2018)
- January 5 â Qian Qichen, 7th Minister of Foreign Affairs of China (d. 2017)
February
- February 3 â Hou Feng, plant breeding engineer (d. 2020)
- February 12 â Wang Yeping, spouse of the 4th Paramount Leader Jiang Zemin
- February 17 â Zhang Shourong, metallurgist (d. 2024)
- February 23 â Zhang Cunhao, physical chemist (d. 2024)
March
- March 7 â Lee Shau-kee, Hong Kong business magnate, investor and philanthropist
- March 11 â Zhao Lirong, singer and film actress (d. 2000)
- March 19 â Sutano Djuhar, Indonesian Chinese businessman, investor and philanthropist (d. 2018)
July
- July 26 â Zong Pu, novelist
- July 28 â Ng Teng Fong, Singaporean real estate tycoon (d. 2010)
- July 29 â Li Ka-shing, Hong Kong billionaire business magnate, investor and philanthropist
- Zhao Baotong, MiG-15 pilot (d. 2003)
August
- 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 â John Liu Shi-gong, Roman Catholic bishop (d. 2017)
October
- October 20 â Li Peng, 4th Premier of China (d. 2019)
- October 21 â Yu Kwang-chung, Taiwanese writer, poet, educator and critic (d. 2017)
- October 23 â Zhu Rongji, 5th Premier of China
November
- November 5 â Gyalo Thondup, Tibetan politician (d. 2025)
Dates unknown
- Sun Shenlu, pilot of the People's Liberation Army Air Force (d. 1952)
Deaths
- March 21 â Zhang Shaozeng, 15th Premier of the Republic of China (b. 1879)
- March 30 â Xia Minghan, early leader of the Chinese Communist Revolution (b. 1900)
- April 30 â Gu Hongming, British Malaya born Chinese man of letters (b. 1857)
- May 1 â Xiang Jingyu, pioneer of the women's movement of China (b. 1895)
- May 3 â Cai Gongshi, nationalist politician and diplomat (b. 1881)
- June 3 â Li Yuanhong, 2nd President of the Republic of China (b. 1864)
- June 4 â 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 â Chen Qiaonian, revolutionary and early leader of the Chinese Communist Party (b. 1902)
- July 7 â Yang Zengxin, 1st Governor of Xinjiang (b. 1864)
- September 30 â Shi Pingmei, writer (b. 1902)
- October 14 â Chen Jue, communist revolutionary (b. 1903)
- November 6 â Lu Rongting, warlord and head of the Old Guangxi clique (b. 1859)
