1940 in China

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See also:	Other events of 1940 ; History of China • Timeline • Years

Last updated November 22, 2024

Incumbents

Events

March 16-April 3 - Battle of Wuyuan
May 1-June 18 - Battle of Zaoyang–Yichang
November 25–30 - Central Hubei Operation

Births

January

January 4 — Gao Xingjian, Chinese-French naturalized novelist, playwright, critic, painter, photographer, film director and translator
January 14 — Li Guanxing, nuclear material engineer (d. 2020)
January 16 — Pagbalha Geleg Namgyai, 11th Qamdo Pagbalha Hutuktu of Tibetan Buddhism and politician
January 17
- Hua Jianmin, former State Councilor of China
- Anson Chan, Hong Kong politician and civil servant

February

February 29 — Lydia Dunn, Hong Kong-born British businesswoman and politician

March

March 8 — Jia Qinglin, 7th Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
Zhang Fusen, politician

April

April 24 — Allen Lee, industrialist, politician and political commentator (d. 2020)
Jiang Shusheng, physicist and politician

June

Liao Xilong, general of the People's Liberation Army

August

August 14 — Zhang Lina, physical chemist (d. 2020)
August 22 — Shi Guangnan, composer (d. 1990)
Chen Mingyi, 5th Governor of Fujian
Guo Baochang, director, screenwriter, writer and playwright (d. 2023)

October

October 3 — Liu Yongqing, former Spouse of the Paramount Leader of China
October 8 — Liu Yingming, mathematician (d. 2016)
October 20 — Li Zhaoxing, 9th Minister of Foreign Affairs of China

November

November 27 — Bruce Lee, Hong Kong-American martial artist and actor (d. 1973)

December

December 1 — Liang Guanglie, 10th Minister of National Defense of China (d. 2024)
December 17 — Lü Zhong, actress
December 18 — Lei Feng, soldier of the People's Liberation Army (d. 1962)
December 22 — Bai Yilong, mechanist (d. 2024)
Huang Hengmei, lieutenant general of the People's Liberation Army

Date unknown

Yu Lina, violinist pedagogue
Patsy Toh, British pianist

Deaths

February 23 — Yang Jingyu, Communist military commander and political commissar (b. 1905)
March 5 — Cai Yuanpei, philosopher and politician (b. 1868)
April 5 — Song Zheyuan, general (b. 1885)
May 16 — Zhang Zizhong, general (b. 1891)^[1]^[2]

References

↑ Chen, Minjie (22 January 2016). The Sino-Japanese War and Youth Literature: Friends and Foes on the Battlefield. Routledge. p. 123. ISBN 978-1-317-50880-9.
↑ Waldron, Arthur (October 1996). "China's New Remembering of World War II: The Case of Zhang Zizhong". Modern Asian Studies. pp. 945–978. doi:10.1017/S0026749X00016851 . Retrieved 12 November 2024.

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[1] Chen, Minjie (22 January 2016). The Sino-Japanese War and Youth Literature: Friends and Foes on the Battlefield. Routledge. p. 123. ISBN 978-1-317-50880-9.

[2] Waldron, Arthur (October 1996). "China's New Remembering of World War II: The Case of Zhang Zizhong". Modern Asian Studies. pp. 945–978. doi:10.1017/S0026749X00016851 . Retrieved 12 November 2024.

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