1935 in China

Events in the year 1935 in China.

Incumbents

• President: Lin Sen
• Premier: Wang Jingwei until December 1, Chiang Kai-shek
• Vice Premier: Kung Hsiang-hsi
• Foreign Minister: Zhang Qun

Events

• January 15–17 — Zunyi Conference
• January – February 5 — First Encirclement Campaign against Hubei–Henan–Shaanxi Soviet
• February–April 18 — Second Encirclement Campaign against Hubei–Henan–Shaanxi Soviet
• April – July — Second Encirclement Campaign against the Shaanxi-Gansu Soviet
• May 29 — Battle of Luding Bridge
• June 10 — He–Umezu Agreement
• June 27 — Chin–Doihara Agreement
• August 20 – October 25 — Third Encirclement Campaign against the Shaanxi-Gansu Soviet

Births

• January 7 — Li Shengjiao, diplomat and international jurist (d. 2017)
• March 4 — Ye Liansong, politician
• March 21 — Gu Jianfen, composer
• April 25 — Li Ao, Taiwanese writer, politician and television personality (d. 2018)
• May 13 — Zhao Fazhen, aquaculturist (d. 2025)
• May 30 — Ni Kuang, Hong Kong novelist and screenwriter (d. 2022)
• July 6 — Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama
• July 7 — Chan Wing-chan, politician
• July 13 — Qiu Xigui, historian, palaeographer and professor
• July 14 — Zhang Hanzhi, diplomat (d. 2008)
• July 18 — Luo Gan, politician
• September 1 — Chow Yei-ching, Hong Kong executive (d. 2018)
• November 1 — Xie Fang, actress and author (d. 2024)
• November 27 — Zhang Honggen, international football player and coach (d. 2003)
• December 6
• Shan Tianfang, Pingshu performer (d. 2018)
• Wang Hongwen, former Vice Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party (d. 1992)
• December 14 — Chiang Hsiao-wen, eldest son of 3rd President of the Republic of China Chiang Ching-kuo (d. 1989)

Dates unknown

• Yao Youxin, painter and professor
• Zhou Bangxin, engineer
• Chen Yaobang, politician
• Lin Xiling, activist and dissident
• Au Ho-nien, painter (d. 2024)
• Patsy Kar, Hong Kong actress (d. 2022)

Deaths

• January 28 — Shen Hongying, general in the Old Guangxi clique (b. 1871)
• January 31 — Lu Diping, military general and politician (b. 1887)
• February 21 — Xie Zichang, key founder of the Chinese Red Army and the Chinese Soviet Republic in Shaanxi Province (b. 1897)
• February 24 — He Shuheng, communist revolutionary (b. 1876)
• March 5 — Chen Baochen, official during the late Qing era (b. 1848)
• March 8 — Ruan Lingyu, silent film actress (b. 1910)
• March 29 — Qian Zhuangfei, doctor, film director and secret agent for the CCP (b. 1895)
• April 25 — Mao Zetan, communist guerrilla soldier and younger brother of Mao Zedong (b. 1905)
• May 13 — Liu Zhennian, military commander (b. 1898)
• June 18 — Qu Qiubai, writer, poet, translator and political activist (b. 1899)
• July 16 — Zheng Zhengqiu, filmmaker (b. 1889)
• July 17 — Nie Er, composer best known for "March of the Volunteers" (b. 1912)
• August 6 — Fang Zhimin, communist military and political leader (b. 1899)
• September 1 — Hu Di, filmmaker and secret agent for the CCP (b. 1905)
• October 8 — Huang Kan, phonologist, philologist and revolutionary (b. 1886)
• November 13 — Sun Chuanfang, warlord of the Zhili clique (b. 1885)

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