1933 in China

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Last updated February 02, 2025

Incumbents

President: Lin Sen
Premier: Wang Jingwei
Vice Premier: Soong Tse-ven (until November 4), Kung Hsiang-hsi (starting November 4)

Events

January 1 - May 31 — Defense of the Great Wall ^[1]
January – March 22 — Fourth Encirclement Campaign against Jiangxi Soviet
February 21 - March 1 — Battle of Rehe
Battle of Urumqi (1933)
May 31
- Battle of Aksu (1933)
- Tanggu Truce
June — Kizil massacre
July — Battle of Toksun
Battle of Sekes Tash
August 25 — 1933 Diexi earthquake ^[2]^[3]
September 25 — beginning of the Fifth Encirclement Campaign against Jiangxi Soviet ^[4]^{[ page needed ]}
September 26 — Battle of Kashgar (1933) ^[5]
September 28 — Nationalists capture Lichuan from Communists.
October 9 — Failure of Communist attack on Xiaoshi.
November 12 — Establishment of First East Turkestan Republic
November 22 — Fujian Rebellion

Births

January

January 18 — Kar-Sing Lam, Hong Kong Cantonese opera singer (d. 2016)
Wang Senhao, 12th Governor of Shanxi (d. 2022)

February

February 16 — Xia Meng, Hong Kong actress and film producer (d. 2016)

April

April 3 — Fu Da-ren, Taiwanese basketball player and television presenter (d. 2018)

May

May 4 — Ni Zhifu, engineer, inventor and high-ranking politician (d. 2013)
May 11 — Nian Weisi, football manager and player
May 22 — Chen Jingrun, mathematician (d. 1996)
May 23 — Fu Jiamo, professor (d. 2015)
May 28 — Ruan Chongwu, 3rd Governor of Hainan

June

June 1 — Li Peiyao, politician (d. 1996)
June 13 — Grace Chang, Hong Kong actress and singer

July

An Qiyuan, 11th Secretary of the Shaanxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (d. 2024)

August

September

September 5 — Lin Wenyue, Taiwanese scholar, writer, translator and professor (d. 2023)
September 16 — You Benchang, actor

November

November 4 — Charles K. Kao, physicist (d. 2018)
November 23 — Huang Qizao, politician (d. 2000)
Lu Gongxun, delegate to the 8th National People's Congress and 9th National People's Congress (d. 2023)

December

Liu Lianman, mountain climber (d. 2016)

Deaths

April 9 — Liang Shiyi, 11th Premier of the Republic of China (b. 1869)
April 27 — Cen Chunxuan, politician in the late Qing dynasty and the Republic of China (b. 1861)
May 1 — Duan Dechang, member of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (b. 1904)
May 6 — Li Ching-Yuen, herbalist, martial artist and tactical advisor
May 7 — Zhang Jingyao, general and military governor of Chahar and later Hunan (b. 1881)
May 15 — Lu Yongxiang, warlord of the Anhui clique (b. 1867)
June 18 — Yang Xingfo, management scholar and activist (b. 1893)
August 9 — Timur Beg, Uyghur rebel military leader (b. 1886)
September 21 — Deng Zhongxia, important Marxist intellectual and labor movement leader (b. 1894)
September 22 — Chen Jiongming, lawyer, military general, revolutionary, federalist and politician (b. 1878)
November 20 — Shen Zemin, one of the earliest members of the Chinese Communist Party (b. 1900)
November 24 — Hu Weide, politician and diplomat (b. 1863)
December 17 — Thubten Gyatso, 13th Dalai Lama (b. 1876)
December 28 — Du Xigui, naval officer (b. 1874)

Dates unknown

Zhao Ti, general (b. 1871)

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References

↑ Battles of the Great Wall
↑ Chinese earthquake linked to mountain building, The Daily Telegraph , 12 May 2008.
↑ Wang, K.; Shen, Z. (12 December 2010). Location and mechanism of the 1933 Diexi earthquake and its association with the regional tectonic deformation prior to the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake. American Geophysical Union. Bibcode:2010AGUFM.T22A..02W.
↑ Zhu, Zongzhen; Wang, Chaoguang (2000). Liberation War History (1st ed.). Social Scientific Literary Publishing House in Beijing. ISBN 7-80149-207-2.
↑ "FIGHTING IS SEVERE Tungans and Turkis Clash in Chinese Turkestan". The Montreal Gazette. 11 October 1933. Retrieved December 12, 2010.

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[republicanchina-1] Battles of the Great Wall

[2] Chinese earthquake linked to mountain building, The Daily Telegraph , 12 May 2008.

[3] Wang, K.; Shen, Z. (12 December 2010). Location and mechanism of the 1933 Diexi earthquake and its association with the regional tectonic deformation prior to the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake. American Geophysical Union. Bibcode:2010AGUFM.T22A..02W.

[4] Zhu, Zongzhen; Wang, Chaoguang (2000). Liberation War History (1st ed.). Social Scientific Literary Publishing House in Beijing. ISBN 7-80149-207-2.

[news.google.com-5] "FIGHTING IS SEVERE Tungans and Turkis Clash in Chinese Turkestan". The Montreal Gazette. 11 October 1933. Retrieved December 12, 2010.

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