1948 in China

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.

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

• List of Chinese films of the 1940s

References