1929 in China

none December 2020 1929 Events from the year 1929 in China. Incumbents Chairman of the Nationalist government: Chiang Kai-shek Premier: Tan Yankai Vice Premier: Feng Yuxiang Events March March 5 – Yi Peiji was appointed as the president of the National Palace Museum and the curator of the antiquities museum by Nationalist Government. April April 1 – Zhifu is captured by rebel forces in course of the Warlord Rebellion in northeastern Shandong, and subsequently largely destroyed. April 11 – Battle of Yichang in western Hubei between the armies of the Sichuan clique and New Guangxi clique Mid-April – Zhang Zongchang's warlord rebel army in northeastern Shandong collapses as result of indiscipline and a government counter-offensive. May May 15: First Battle of Guilin: Hunan Army attacks Guilin, Guangxi May 17–21: Second Battle of Guangzhou between New Guangxi clique and Guangdong Army June June 6 – 1929 Westlake exposition was opened.China.com.cn. "China.com.cn." 杭州西湖博覽會博物館. Retrieved on May 8, 2010.http://en.xh-expo.com/pages/history.html The West Lake International Expo Hangzhou, China October 8, 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130617101424/https://en.xh-expo.com/pages/history.html June 17, 2013 June 7–18: Battle of Liuzhou, Guangxi between armies of New Guangxi clique and Hunan July July 25 – the Soviet government's Assistant Commissar of Foreign Affairs, Lev Karakhan, had issued a manifesto to the Chinese government promising the return of the Chinese Eastern Railway to Chinese control with no financial cost.Elleman; Bruce A.; The Soviet Union's Secret Diplomacy Concerning the Chinese Eastern Railway, 1924–1925; Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 53 (1994), S. 461 (Sino-Soviet conflict (1929)) August August 26 – the Karakhan Manifesto was published by the Soviet press, but the document failed to mention neither the return of CER to the Chinese nor the lack of financial compensation. (Sino-Soviet conflict (1929)) September September 23 – Liu Zhennian launches a campaign to crush the Red Spears' uprising in Shandong (1928–1929). October October 10 – the closing of the 1929 Westlake exposition. October 18–24: battle at Zhengzhou, Henan between Feng Yuxiang's Northwest Army and National Revolutionary Army November November – The Red Spear Society ceases to exist on the northern Shandong Peninsula as result of Liu Zhennian's counter-insurgency campaign. November 20 – Taiping Fire and Marine Insurance, as predecessor of China Taiping Insurance was founded in Shanghai.June 2020 November 30 – end of battle of Heishiguan December December – Gutian Congress Births January January 13 — Ge Cunzhuang, actor (d. 2016) February February 24 — Su Wenmao, xiangsheng comedian (d. 2015) March March 8 — Zeng Yi, virologist (d. 2020) April April 7 — Yang Jie, television director and producer (d. 2017) April 8 — Sun Jiadong, aerospace engineer May May 15 — Zhou Guangzhao, theoretical physicist (d. 2024) June June 4 — Tian Jiyun, former Vice Premier of China June 21 — Ying Ruocheng, actor, director, playwright and former Vice Minister of Culture (d. 2003) June 30 — Yang Ti-liang, senior Hong Kong judge (d. 2023) July July 4 — Tan Shaowen, 10th Secretary of the Tianjin Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (d. 1993) July 9 — Chi Haotian, 8th Minister of National Defense July 13 — Hou Yunde, virologist, geneticist and genetic engineer July 30 — Ji Chaozhu, diplomat (d. 2020) Chen Jinhua, politician (d. 2016) August August 9 — Lui Che-woo, Hong Kong business magnate, investor and philanthropist (d. 2024) August 15 — Xiao Yang, 11th Mayor of Chongqing (d. 1998) September Ding Guangen, 8th Minister of Railways (d. 2012) October October 13 — Walasse Ting, Chinese-American painter (d. 2010) October 15 — Dong Cunrui, soldier in the People's Liberation Army (d. 1948) October 19 — Deng Sanrui, shipbuilding engineer (d. 2020) November November 15 — Li Guangxi, national-level actor (d. 2022) November 26 — Tang Chongti, parasitologist November 28 — Yu Lihua, Taiwanese writer (d. 2020) Mao Zhiyong, politician (d. 2019) December December 26 — Gong Yuzhi, theorist and politician in the Chinese Communist Party (d. 2007) December 29 Shen Jilan, politician (d. 2020) He Zhenliang, politician and diplomat (d. 2015) December 31 — Guo Lanying, operatic soprano Dates unknown Li Senmao, 9th Minister of Railways (d. 1996) Deaths January 5 — Wang Daxie, 14th Premier of the Republic of China (b. 1859) January 10 Yang Yuting, general in the Fengtian Army (b. 1885) Chang Yinhuai, statesman and general (b. 1888) January 19 — Liang Qichao, politician, social and political activist, journalist and intellectual (b. 1873) February 25 — Su Zhaozheng, early leader of the Chinese Communist Party and a labour movement activist (b. 1885) March 18 — Lü Yanzhi, architect (b. 1894) June 18 — Zaize, Manchu noble (b. 1868) August 30 — Peng Pai, pioneer of the Chinese agrarian movement and a leading revolutionary in the Chinese Communist Party (b. 1896) Dates unknown Chu Yupu, general (b. 1887) References 1929 in Category:1920s in China Category:Years of the 20th century in China