Events from the year 1972 in China.
Incumbents
Governors
Events
Births
Deaths
- January 6 â Chen Yi, 2nd Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1901)
- January 9 â Liang Sicheng, architect and architectural historian (b. 1901)
- January 19 â Gao Shuxun, general from Zhili Province (b. 1898)
- February 15 â Edgar Snow, American journalist known for his books and articles on communism in China and the Chinese Communist Revolution (b. 1905)
- February 21 â Zhang Guohua, politician and lieutenant general in the People's Liberation Army (b. 1914)
- March 18 â Xu Bing, 5th Head of the United Front Work Department (b. 1903)
- March 26 â Xie Fuzhi, military commander, political commissar and national security specialist (b. 1909)
- April 6 â Chen Zhengren, politician (b. 1907)
- April 16 â Zeng Shan, communist military commander and security minister (b. 1899)
- April 23 â Li Dequan, 1st Minister of Health (b. 1896)
- July 25 â Baren, modern writer, critic and translator (b. 1901)
- September 1 â He Xiangning, revolutionary, feminist, politician, painter and poet (b. 1878)
- December 2 â Ip Man, martial arts grandmaster (b. 1893)
- December 10 â Deng Zihui, communist revolutionary and one of the most influential leaders of the People's Republic of China (b. 1896)
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