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1920 In China
Events in the year 1920 in China. Incumbents *President: Xu Shichang *Premier: Jin Yunpeng Events * July 14–23 – Zhili–Anhui War * December 16 – 1920 Haiyuan earthquake * Second Guangdong–Guangxi War * Alice Dollar incident * Establishment of the Republic of China Air Force Births *April 18 – Wang Zigan, papercutting artist (died 2000) *May 3 – Xu Liangying, physicist (died 2013) *August 20 – Jiang Zhuyun, revolutionary martyr (died 1949) *September 30 – Eileen Chang, writer (died 1995) *November 24 – Chao Kuang Piu, industrialist and philanthropist (died 2021) Deaths * January 17 – Yang Changji, teacher, scholar and writer (born 1871) * January 23 – Mao Yichang, farmer and grain merchant, father of Mao Zedong (born 1870) * Li Ruiqing * Li Chun Li Chun or Lichun may refer to: People Given name "Chun" surname "Li" *Emperor Xianzong of Tang (778–820), personal name Li Chun, emperor of the Tang dynasty *Li Chun (warlord) (1867–1920), Chinese gener ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and borders fourteen countries by land, the most of any country in the world, tied with Russia. Covering an area of approximately , it is the world's third largest country by total land area. The country consists of 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, four municipalities, and two Special Administrative Regions (Hong Kong and Macau). The national capital is Beijing, and the most populous city and financial center is Shanghai. Modern Chinese trace their origins to a cradle of civilization in the fertile basin of the Yellow River in the North China Plain. The semi-legendary Xia dynasty in the 21st century BCE and the well-attested Shang and Zhou dynasties developed a bureaucratic political system to serve hereditary monarchies, or dyna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dai Li
Lieutenant General Dai Li (Tai Li; ; May 28, 1897 – March 17, 1946) was a Chinese spymaster. His courtesy name was Yunong (雨農). Born Dai Chunfeng (Tai Chun-feng; 戴春風) in Bao'an, Jiangshan, Zhejiang province, he studied at the Whampoa Military Academy, where Chiang Kai-shek served as Chief Commandant, and later became head of Chiang's military intelligence agency: the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics () or ("jūntǒng" (军统) in short) of Republican China (1912-1949). Early life Born Dai Chunfeng, he was just four years old when his father died, leaving his mother to raise him. By age six, Dai was enrolled in a private academy to begin studying Chinese Classics, and later graduated valedictorian from Wenxi County Elementary School. His mother could not afford to send him to university, so at 16 he was forced to leave home and find his own way in the world. With neither secure income nor any guidance, he began living the rough life of the streets of Shangha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1920 In China
Events in the year 1920 in China. Incumbents *President: Xu Shichang *Premier: Jin Yunpeng Events * July 14–23 – Zhili–Anhui War * December 16 – 1920 Haiyuan earthquake * Second Guangdong–Guangxi War * Alice Dollar incident * Establishment of the Republic of China Air Force Births *April 18 – Wang Zigan, papercutting artist (died 2000) *May 3 – Xu Liangying, physicist (died 2013) *August 20 – Jiang Zhuyun, revolutionary martyr (died 1949) *September 30 – Eileen Chang, writer (died 1995) *November 24 – Chao Kuang Piu, industrialist and philanthropist (died 2021) Deaths * January 17 – Yang Changji, teacher, scholar and writer (born 1871) * January 23 – Mao Yichang, farmer and grain merchant, father of Mao Zedong (born 1870) * Li Ruiqing * Li Chun Li Chun or Lichun may refer to: People Given name "Chun" surname "Li" *Emperor Xianzong of Tang (778–820), personal name Li Chun, emperor of the Tang dynasty *Li Chun (warlord) (1867–1920), Chinese gener ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Li Chun (warlord)
Li Chun (September 12, 1867 – October 12, 1920) was a Chinese general of the Warlord Era of the Republic of China. Biography During the 1911 Xinhai Revolution, he was part of the First Army, which fought against the revolutionaries of the Wuchang Uprising, commanding the 11th Brigade of the Beiyang Army's 6th Division. Li was promoted to command of the 6th Division after the previous commander, Wu Luzhen, was made acting governor of Shanxi Shanxi (; ; formerly romanised as Shansi) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the North China region. The capital and largest city of the province is Taiyuan, while its next most populated prefecture-lev .... References Citations Sources * 1867 births 1920 deaths Qing dynasty military personnel Republic of China warlords from Tianjin Empire of China (1915–1916) {{China-mil-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Li Ruiqing
Li Ruiqing (李瑞清; 1867–1920), was a Chinese artist, calligrapher and educator. He is also known by the style name Meian (). He was a pioneering influential educator in China's modern history, the founder of China's modern art education. Li Ruiqing was appointed the president of Liang Jiang Higher Normal School (Nanjing University Nanjing University (NJU; ) is a national public research university in Nanjing, Jiangsu. It is a member of C9 League and a Class A Double First Class University designated by the Chinese central government. NJU has two main campuses: the Xianl ...) in 1906. He reformed scholastic instruction, and established the Faculty of Drawing & Handcraft at the school. He also started art education in Chinese modern institutions of higher learning. Li Ruiqing is the originator of Jinshi Calligraphy School (金石書派, Jin Shi Shu Pai). References Educators from Jiangxi Chinese scholars Presidents of Nanjing University 1867 births 1920 deaths ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1870 In China
Events from the year 1870 in China. Incumbents * Tongzhi Emperor (10th year) ** Regent: Empress Dowager Cixi Events * Miao Rebellion (1854–73) * Dungan Revolt (1862–77) ** Battle of Ürümqi (1870) * June — Tianjin Massacre * Panthay Rebellion * Tongzhi Restoration Births * Lim Lean Teng Lim Lean Teng () was a successful businessman who established schools in Penang with his wealth. He was born in 1870 in China. He first migrated to Penang, then to British Malaya. Career Lim Lean Teng ventured into business in Penang. He was succes ... (林連登), Malaysian businessman References {{Years in the Qing dynasty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong pronounced ; also romanised traditionally as Mao Tse-tung. (26 December 1893 – 9 September 1976), also known as Chairman Mao, was a Chinese communist revolutionary who was the founder of the People's Republic of China (PRC), which he led as the chairman of the Chinese Communist Party from the establishment of the PRC in 1949 until his death in 1976. Ideologically a Marxist–Leninist, his theories, military strategies, and political policies are collectively known as Maoism. Mao was the son of a prosperous peasant in Shaoshan, Hunan. He supported Chinese nationalism and had an anti-imperialist outlook early in his life, and was particularly influenced by the events of the Xinhai Revolution of 1911 and May Fourth Movement of 1919. He later adopted Marxism–Leninism while working at Peking University as a librarian and became a founding member of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), leading the Autumn Harvest Uprising in 1927. During the Chinese Civil War ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grain Trade
The grain trade refers to the local and international trade in cereals and other food grains such as wheat, barley, maize, and rice. Grain is an important trade item because it is easily stored and transported with limited spoilage, unlike other agricultural products. Healthy grain supply and trade is important to many societies, providing a caloric base for most food systems as well as important role in animal feed for animal agriculture. The grain trade is as old as agricultural settlement, identified in many of the early cultures that adopted sedentary farming. Major societal changes have been directly connected to the grain trade, such as the fall of the Roman Empire. From the early modern period onward, grain trade has been an important part of colonial expansion and international power dynamics. The geopolitical dominance of countries like Australia, the United States, Canada and the Soviet Union during the 20th century was connected with their status as grain surplus c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mao Yichang
Mao Yichang or Mao Rensheng (15 October 1870 – 23 January 1920) was a Chinese farmer and grain merchant who achieved notability as the father of Mao Zedong. The nineteenth generation of the Mao clan, he was born and lived his life in the rural village of Shaoshanchong in Shaoshan, Hunan Province. The son of Mao Enpu, he was raised in a poverty-stricken family of peasants. Marrying Wen Qimei when he was ten, he subsequently served for two years in the Xiang Army. Returning to agriculture, he became a moneylender and grain merchant, buying up local grain and selling it in the city for a higher price, becoming one of the wealthiest farmers in Shaoshan, with 20 acres of land. He and Wen had four surviving children, Zedong, Zemin, Zetan, and Zejian, the latter of whom was adopted. Early life According to family oral histories, the ancestor of the Mao clan in Shaoshanchong () was Mao Taihua. Taihua left his native Jiangxi Province for Yunnan, where he joined Zhu Yuanzhang' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1871 In China
Events from the year 1871 in China. Incumbents * Tongzhi Emperor (11th year) ** Regent: Empress Dowager Cixi Events * Miao Rebellion (1854–73) * Dungan Revolt (1862–77) * Panthay Rebellion ends ** May 1873 — Momien besieged and stormed by imperial troops in, their resistance broke completely. Gov. Ta-sa-kon was captured and executed by order of the Imperial government. * Beiyang Fleet created * Mudan incident in Taiwan * Tongzhi Restoration Births * August 14 – Guangxu Emperor, emperor of China (d. 1908) * Qiu Yufang, revolutionary, writer and feminist (d. 1904 Events January * January 7 – The distress signal ''CQD'' is established, only to be replaced 2 years later by ''SOS''. * January 8 – The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system. * ...) References {{Years in the Qing dynasty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yang Changji
Yang Changji (; 21 April 1871 – 17 January 1920) was a Chinese educator, philosopher, and writer. After advanced studies in Japan and Europe, he taught at Hunan First Normal University, where he exerted considerable influence on Mao Zedong, Cai Hesen, Xiao Zisheng, and others, and then at Peking University. He became considered one of the leading philosophers of his generation before his early death. Biography Yang was born in Changsha County of Changsha prefecture in Hunan Province of China during the Qing Dynasty. During his childhood, Yang studied at Cheng-Zhu school. He first attended school at the age of 7. In 1898, Yang was accepted to Yuelu Academy. He promoted democracy and supported Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao. After the Hundred Days' Reform, he retired into the country. In 1903, Yang entered Hongwen Academy (). After graduating, he attended University of Tsukuba. In 1909, Yang studied at the University of Aberdeen, majoring in philosophy and ethics. He then went on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 In Hong Kong
Events in the year 2021 in Hong Kong. Incumbents Executive branch * Chief Executive of Hong Kong, Chief Executive: Carrie Lam ** Chief Secretary for Administration: Matthew Cheung ** Financial Secretary (Hong Kong), Financial Secretary: Paul Chan Mo-po, Paul Mo-po Chan ** Secretary for Justice (Hong Kong), Secretary for Justice: Teresa Cheng (politician), Teresa Cheng Legislative branch * President of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, President of the Legislative Council: Andrew Leung Judicial branch * Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal: Andrew Cheung Events January * 1 January - The Hong Kong Observatory recorded the low temperature of 8.6°C, lowest recorded on New Years Day since 2005. * 6 January - The Hong Kong Police, police arrested over 50 people who have openly addressed their support towards democratic movements in Hong Kong. They are said to have offended the National Security Law (Hong Kong), National Security Law. * 11 January - Chief Justice of the C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
