1915 in China

Events in the year 1915 in China. == Incumbents == President: Yuan Shikai Vice President: Feng Guozhang Premier: Xu Shichang (until December 22), Lu Zhengxiang (starting December 22) == Events == January 8 — Imperial Japanese government issues the Twenty-One Demands to the Chinese May 15–21 – The Far Eastern Championship Games take place in Shanghai. May 25 Treaty of Kyakhta (1915) the Yuan government accepts four out of the five set of demands issued in the Twenty-One Demands December 12 — Empire of China (1915–1916) December 25 — beginning of the National Protection War == Births == Nien Cheng or Zheng Nian (January 28, 1915 – November 2, 2009) is the pen name of Yao Nien-Yuan[1] (Chinese: 姚念媛; pinyin: Yáo Niànyuán). She was a Chinese author who recounted her harrowing experiences during the Cultural Revolution in her memoir Life and Death in Shanghai. Peter Zhang Bairen (February 14, 1915 – October 12, 2005) was the unofficial Bishop of Hanyang, China Yang Huimin (simplified Chinese: 杨惠敏; traditional Chinese: 楊惠敏; pinyin: Yáng Huìmǐn; March 6, 1915 - March 9, 1992) was a Girl Guide during the 1937 Battle of Shanghai who supplied a Republic of China flag and brought supplies to besieged defenders of the Sihang Warehouse Wang Daohan (Chinese: 汪道涵; pinyin: Wāng Dàohán), (27 March 1915 – 24 December 2005) was the former president of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) Sylvia Wu (24 October 1915 – 29 September 2022) was a Chinese-born American restaurateur Jiao Ruoyu (7 November 1915 – 1 January 2020) was a Chinese Communist Party politician and diplomat who was Mayor of Beijing Hu Yaobang (20 November 1915 – 15 April 1989) was a high-ranking official of the People's Republic of China Ren Xinmin (5 December 1915 – 12 February 2017) was a Chinese aerospace engineer Ke Hua (19 December 1915 – 1 January 2019) was a Chinese diplomat Wu Teh Yao (1915–17 April 1994) was an educator and a specialist in Confucianism and political science === Other countries === Israel Epstein (20 April 1915 – 26 May 2005) was a naturalized Chinese journalist and author. He was one of the few foreign-born Chinese citizens of non-Chinese origin to become a member of the Chinese Communist Party Sidney Shapiro (Chinese: 沙博理; pinyin: Shā Bólǐ) (December 23, 1915 – October 18, 2014) was an American-born Chinese translator, actor and author who lived in China from 1947 to 2014. He was one of very few naturalized citizens of the PRC == References == Chaurasia, R.S. History of Modern China. Atlantic Publishers & Dist, 2004.