Events in the year 1928 in China.
Incumbents President – Zhang Zuolin, Tan Yankai, Chiang Kai-shek Premier – Pan Fu, Tan Yankai Vice Premier – Feng Yuxiang
Events
February 7 February – Tan Yankai became the first Chairman of the Nationalist Government.
March 26 March – The China Academy of Art is founded in Hangzhou (originally named the National Academy of Art).
April 30 April – Beiyang government troops withdrew from Jinan.
May 3 May – Jinan Incident, an armed conflict between the Japanese Imperial Army allied with Northern Chinese warlords against the Kuomintang's southern army, occurs in Jinan.Li Jiazhen (1987) Jinan Tragedy p 238,Iriye, After Imperialism, 199–201.An Xiang: "Second Northern Expedition 1928: Part II" Jay Taylor, The Generalissimo: Chiang Kai-Shek and the Struggle for Modern China (Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009), 82–83.
June 4 June – Huanggutun Incident (Japanese assassination of the Chinese head of state Generalissimo Zhang Zuolin).Beasley, Japanese Imperialism. p. 187.
July 1 July – Zhang Xueliang announced an armistice with the Kuomintang and proclaimed that he would not interfere with the re-unification. 3 July – Chiang Kai-shek arrived in Beijing and met the representative from the Fengtian clique to discuss a peaceful settlement. 8 July – Looting of the Eastern Mausoleum. 25 July – The United States recalls its troops from China.
October 8 October – Chiang Kai-shek is named as Generalissimo (Chairman of the Military Affairs Commission) of the Nationalist government of the Republic of China.
December 29 December – Chinese reunification.Republic of China historical annal: 1928 under 1 July, section A.
Births January 1 January — Wu Yangjie, organic chemist 2 January — Nie Bichu, 11th Mayor of Tianjin (d. 2018) 5 January — Qian Qichen, 7th Minister of Foreign Affairs of China (d. 2017)
February 3 February — Hou Feng, plant breeding engineer (d. 2020) 12 February — Wang Yeping, spouse of the 4th Paramount Leader Jiang Zemin 17 February — Zhang Shourong, metallurgist (d. 2024) 23 February — Zhang Cunhao, physical chemist (d. 2024)
March 7 March — Lee Shau-kee, Hong Kong business magnate, investor and philanthropist 11 March — Zhao Lirong, singer and film actress (d. 2000) 19 March — Sutano Djuhar, Indonesian Chinese businessman, investor and philanthropist (d. 2018)
July 26 July — Zong Pu, novelist 28 July — Ng Teng Fong, Singaporean real estate tycoon (d. 2010) 29 July — Li Ka-shing, Hong Kong billionaire business magnate, investor and philanthropist Zhao Baotong, MiG-15 pilot (d. 2003)
August 1 August Zhang Wannian, general of the People's Liberation Army (d. 2015) Shen Daren, 7th Secretary of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (d. 2017) 18 August — John Liu Shi-gong, Roman Catholic bishop (d. 2017)
October 20 October — Li Peng, 4th Premier of China (d. 2019) 21 October — Yu Kwang-chung, Taiwanese writer, poet, educator and critic (d. 2017) 23 October — Zhu Rongji, 5th Premier of China
November 5 November — Gyalo Thondup, Tibetan politician (d. 2025)
Dates unknown Sun Shenlu, pilot of the People's Liberation Army Air Force (d. 1952)
Deaths 21 March — Zhang Shaozeng, 15th Premier of the Republic of China (b. 1879) 30 March — Xia Minghan, early leader of the Chinese Communist Revolution (b. 1900) 30 April — Gu Hongming, British Malaya born Chinese man of letters (b. 1857) 1 May — Xiang Jingyu, pioneer of the women's movement of China (b. 1895) 3 May — Cai Gongshi, nationalist politician and diplomat (b. 1881) 3 June — Li Yuanhong, 2nd President of the Republic of China (b. 1864) 4 June — Huanggutun incident Zhang Zuolin, warlord of Manchuria and leader of the Fengtian clique (b. 1875) Wu Junsheng, general and commander-in-chief of the cavalry in the Northeastern Army (b. 1863) 6 June — Chen Qiaonian, revolutionary and early leader of the Chinese Communist Party (b. 1902) 7 July — Yang Zengxin, 1st Governor of Xinjiang (b. 1864) 30 September — Shi Pingmei, writer (b. 1902) 14 October — Chen Jue, communist revolutionary (b. 1903) 6 November — Lu Rongting, warlord and head of the Old Guangxi clique (b. 1859)
References
Bibliography Beasley, W.G. (1991). Japanese Imperialism 1894–1945. Oxford University Press. . Akira Iriye, After Imperialism: The Search for a New Order in the Far East, 1921–1931 (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1965; reprinted:Chicago: Imprint Publications, 1990): 193–205.
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