1938 in China
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Events in the year 1938 in China.
Incumbents
- President - Lin Sen
- Premier - Kung Hsiang-hsi (Dr. H. H. Kung)
- Vice Premier - Zhang Qun
- Foreign Minister - Wang Chonghui
Events
January
- 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.
- JanuaryâJune - Battle of Northern and Eastern Henan
February
- 18 February - The Imperial Japanese Army Air Service launched air strikes against Wuhan.(Battle of Wuhan; Chinese: æ¦æ±ä¼æ)
March
- 24 March â 1 May - Battle of Xuzhou
- 24 March â 7 April - Battle of Taierzhuang
April
- 29 April - To celebrate emperor Hirohito's birthday, the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service conducted a massive bombing of Wuhan. (Battle of Wuhan; Chinese: æ¦æ±ä¼æ)
May
- May - Battle of Lanfeng
- 10 May â 12 May - Amoy Operation
June
October
- 1 October to 11 October - Battle of Wanjialing
- OctoberâDecember - Canton Operation
November
- 13 November - 1938 Changsha Fire
Births
January
- January 17
- Tang Jiaxuan, 8th Minister of Foreign Affairs of China
- Zhu Xijuan, film actress
February
- February 3 â Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama (d. 1989)
- February 16 â Wu Guixian, first female Vice Premier of China
- February 26 â Yang Shengnan, historian and palaeographer (d. 2019)
April
- April 8 â Lui Ming-wah, member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
- April 11 â Fu Zhihuan, 11th Minister of Railways of China
- April 20 â Chiung Yao, Taiwanese writer and producer (d. 2024)
- He Jingtang, prominent architect
May
June
July
- Shu Huiguo, politician
August
- Raidi, politician
September
- September 28 â Huang Ju, former Vice Premier of China (d. 2007)
October
- October 18 â Wu Guanzheng, 9th Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Chinese Communist Party
- October 26 â Tom Meschery, American basketball player and coach
- October 30 â Shao Hua, photographer and wife of Mao Anqing, second son of Mao Zedong (d. 2008)
- Li Qiyan, 10th Mayor of Beijing (d. 2020)
November
- November 6 â Jin Zhanpeng, scientist (d. 2020)
- November 17 â Wu Yi, former Vice Premier of China
- November 20 â Wan Huilin, physical chemist (d. 2024)
- Lu Ruihua, 14th Governor of Guangdong
December
- December 4 â Chin Han, Hong Kong actor, director, screenwriter and producer
- December 24 â Wang Mengshu, tunnel and railway engineer (d. 2018)
- December 28 â Chen Sisi, film and theater actress (d. 2007)
- Zeng Peiyan, member of the 16th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party
Deaths
- January 20 â Liu Xiang, warlord of Sichuan (b. 1890)
- January 24 â Han Fuju, Nationalist general (b. 1890)
- March 14 â Wang Mingzhang, Nationalist general (b. 1893)
- March 28 â Zheng Xiaoxu, statesman, diplomat and calligrapher (b. 1860)
- May 9 â Huang Tzu, composer (b. 1904)
- May 15 â Cao Kun, warlord and politician (b. 1862)
- June 8 â Tieliang, general in the Qing dynasty and one of the main members of the Royalist Party (b. 1863)
- September 30 â Tang Shaoyi, 1st Premier of the Republic of China (b. 1862)
- November 4 â Jiang Baili, military writer, strategist, trainer and army general (b. 1882)