1922 in China

Events in the year 1922 in China.

Incumbents

• President — Xu Shichang, Li Yuanhong
• Premier of the Republic of China — Liang Shiyi until January 25, Yan Huiqing until August 5, Wang Chonghui until November 29, Wang Daxie

Events

• January 12 — 1922 seamen's strike, Chinese sailors from Hong Kong and Guangzhou went on strike for higher wages
• February 6 — The Nine Power Treaty is signed between Belgium, China, France, United Kingdom, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Portugal and the United States<nowiki/>to affirm the sovereignty and territorial integrity of China and to solve the Shandong Problem. Japan returns some of its control over the Shandong Peninsula to China.
• April 10 – June 18 — First Zhili–Fengtian War
• June 16 — Chen Jiongming, warlord of Guangdong, launched a coup against Sun Yat-sen, Great President of the Government of the Republic of China in Guangzhou
• July 16–23 — The 2nd National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party is held in Shanghai
• August 2 — The 1922 Shantou typhoon hits Shantou in Guangdong Province, killing more than 5,000 people

Births

• January 4 — Tian Jiaying, personal secretary of Mao Zedong (d. 1966)
• January 21 — Qin Yi, actress (d. 2022)
• January 23 — Jin Xueshu, physician and journalist (d. 2014)
• January 29 — Li Huatian, computer scientist (d. 2007)
• March 26 — Yuan Xuefen, Yue opera performer (d. 2011)
• April 27 — Shen Qihan, geologist (d. 2022)
• May 7 — Wu Liangyong, architect and urban planner
• August 1 — Guan Xuezeng, actor (d. 2006)
• August 11 — Wang Li, communist propagandist and prominent member of the Cultural Revolution Group (d. 1996)
• August 16 — Jiao Yulu, politician (d. 1964)
• August 31 — Wu Mengchao, surgeon and medical scientist (d. 2021)
• September 3 — Yao Tongbin, scientist and missile engineer (d. 1968)
• September 21 — Chiang Chung-ling, Taiwanese army general (d. 2015)
• October 1 — Yang Chen-Ning, theoretical physicist (d. 2025)
• October 24 — Mao Anying, military officer and eldest son of Mao Zedong (d. 1950)
• November 26 — Yang Gensi, military officer (d. 1950)
• December – Lu Yongfu, translator

Deaths

• January 16 — Jiang Guiti, warlord of Rehe Province (b. 1844)
• March 29 — Shanqi, prince and minister of the Qing dynasty (b. 1866)
• June 23 — Wu Tingfang, calligrapher, diplomat, lawyer, politician and writer (b. 1842)

See also

• Warlord Era

References