1948 in China
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Events in the year 1948 in China.
Incumbents
- President: Chiang Kai-shek
- Vice President: Li Zongren
- Premier: Zhang Qun
- Vice Premier: Wang Yunwu (until April 24)
Events
April
- 20 April – 1948 Republic of China presidential election
May
- 23 May to 19 October – Siege of Changchun
June
- 17–19 June - Battle of Shangcai
September
- 12 September to 2 November – Liaoshen Campaign
- 16–24 September – Battle of Jinan
October
- 7–15 October – Battle of Jinzhou
- 10–15 October – Battle of Tashan
November
- Early November – Boiler and ammunition explosion aboard an unidentified merchant ship evacuating troops of the Republic of China Army from Yingkou for Taiwan.[1]
December
- 1 December – The People's Bank of China was established in Shijiazhuang, this financial service was transferred to Beijing in 1949.
Births
January
- 30 January – Wu Den-yih, Vice President of the Republic of China.
March
- 9 March – Chang Jin-fu, former Governor of Taiwan Province.
April
- 7 April – Hung Hsiu-chu, Vice President of Legislative Yuan.
May
- 5 May – Jeffrey Tao, interpreter.
October
- 4 October – Mao Chi-kuo, former Premier of the Republic of China.
Deaths
- February 18 — Xu Shoushang, writer and one of the co-authors of the Twelve Symbols national emblem (b. 1883)
- February 28 — Zhou Fohai, politician (b. 1897)
- March 3 — Liu Kan, nationalist general (b. 1906)
- March 25 — Yoshiko Kawashima, Qing Dynasty princess of the Aisin-Gioro clan (b. 1907)
- May 23 — Kong Xianrong, Jilin Provincial Army battalion commander (b. 1881)
- May 25 — Dong Cunrui, soldier in the People's Liberation Army (b. 1929)
- August 12 — Zhu Ziqing, poet and essayist (b. 1898)
- September 1 — Feng Yuxiang, warlord and 1st Minister of War of the Republic of China (b. 1882)
- November 22 — Huang Baitao, nationalist general (b. 1900)
- December 27 — Lu Zhiying, intelligence officer of the Chinese Communist Party (b. 1906)
See also
References
- ^ "Loss of 6000 Chinese troops in explosion of ship disclosed". The Deseret News. December 6, 1948.