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1947 In China
This is a list of events in the year 1947 in the Republic of China. This year is numbered Minguo 36 according to the official Republic of China calendar. Incumbents * President – Chiang Kai-shek * Vice President – Li Zongren * Premier – T. V. Soong, Chiang Kai-shek (acting), Zhang Qun * Vice Premier – Weng Wenhao, Wang Yunwu Events January * 7 January – The establishment of Tainan County in Taiwan * 21–28 January – Campaign to the South of Baoding February * 28 February – Start of February 28 Incident in Taiwan April * 8–30 April – Zhengtai Campaign March * 19 March – Battle of Yan'an May * 1–4 May – Zhengtai Campaign. * 13–16 May – Menglianggu Campaign *May 13 – July 1 – Summer Offensive of 1947 in Northeast China *June 25 – July 6 – Campaign to the North of Baoding July * 29 July - 1947 Assam earthquake August * 13–18 August – Meridian Ridge Campaign *September 14 – November 5 – Autumn Offensive of 1947 in Northeast Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Of The Republic Of China
The president of the Republic of China, now often referred to as the president of Taiwan, is the head of state of the Republic of China (ROC), as well as the commander-in-chief of the Republic of China Armed Forces. The position once had authority of ruling over Mainland China, but its remaining jurisdictions has been limited to Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and other smaller islands since the conclusion of Second Chinese Civil War. Originally elected by the National Assembly, the presidency was intended to be a ceremonial office with no real executive power as the ROC was originally envisioned as a parliamentary republic. Since the 1996 presidential election, the president is directly elected by plurality voting to a four-year term, with incumbents limited to serving two terms. The incumbent, Tsai Ing-wen, succeeded Ma Ying-jeou on May 20, 2016, to become the first female president in the history of Taiwan. Qualifications * The ''Presidential and Vice Presidential Ele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Summer Offensive Of 1947 In Northeast China
The Summer Offensive of 1947 in Northeast China (东北1947年夏季攻势) is a series of battles initiated by the communists against the nationalists during the Chinese Civil War after World War II. Prelude In the spring of 1947, the nationalist tried and failed to eliminate communist bases south of Songhua River in the Linjiang Campaign, and both side temporarily stopped military actions for a brief period of rest before resuming the fight. The total strength of the nationalists in northeast China by then had numbered 480,000, including eight armies totaling twenty-three divisions, along with independent divisions totaling 360,000 troops, and security forces of a further 120,000. In contrast, the total strength of the communists in northeast China numbered 460,000, including five columns with fifteen divisions, and another eleven independent divisions, totaling 240,000 troops, and these units of the communist field army were supplemented by other local garrison units ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Han-shen
Lee Han-shen (; born 26 April 1947) was the President of Taiwan Power Company (Taipower), the state-owned electric power utility of Taiwan, from 2010 to 2013. He was appointed to the position on 30 April 2010, when the then-President of Taipower, C. Y. Tu, resigned. Taipower presidency Presidency appointment Lee was promoted as the President of Taipower on 30 April 2010 after then-President C. Y. Tu resigned from his position. Lungmen Nuclear Power Plant On 26 March 2012, Lee said that Taiwan's Lungmen Nuclear Power Plant, 4th nuclear power plant will begin its operation in 2014. Over 96 percent of its construction has been completed, with the remaining work to involve software and safety improvement projects due to Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster a year before in Japan. Taipower presidency retirement On 3 May 2013, Lee handed over his presidential post to Chu Wen-chen as his successor due to his retirement of Taipower President, witnessed by Deputy Ministry of Economic Af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Palace Museum
The National Palace Museum (; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Kwet-li̍p kù-kiung pok-vu̍t-yèn), is a museum in Taipei, Republic of China (Taiwan). It has a permanent collection of nearly 700,000 pieces of Chinese artifacts and artworks, many of which were moved from the Palace Museum in the Forbidden City in Beijing, as well as five other institutions throughout mainland China during the ROC retreat. These collections had been transferred to several locations before finally settling on present-day Shilin, Taipei and establishing the museum there in 1965, making it one of the largest of its type in the world. The museum's collection encompasses items spanning 8,000 years of Chinese history from the neolithic age to the modern period. The National Palace Museum shares its roots with the Palace Museum of Beijing, whose extensive collection of artwork and artifacts were built upon the imperial collections of the Ming and Qing dynasties. History Establishment in Beijing and relocation T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chou Kung-shin
Chou Kung-shin (; born 14 April 1947) is a Taiwanese scholar, writer, historian and archaeologist. She served as Director of National Palace Museum from May 2008 till July 2012. Life and career Chou Kung-shin was born in Zhejiang on April 14, 1947. She graduated from Fu Jen Catholic University, Chinese Culture University as well as Paris-Sorbonne University. She spent 27 years working in National Palace Museum before serving as a council director of Chinese Association of Museums. She was head of Institute of Fu Jen University Museum Studies in September 2002, and held that office until May 2008. Then she became Director of National Palace Museum The National Palace Museum (; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Kwet-li̍p kù-kiung pok-vu̍t-yèn), is a museum in Taipei, Republic of China (Taiwan). It has a permanent collection of nearly 700,000 pieces of Chinese artifacts and artworks, many of which wer ..., and served until July 2012. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Chou, Kung-shin 194 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constitution Of The Republic Of China
The Constitution of the Republic of China is the fifth and current constitution of the Republic of China (ROC), ratified by the Kuomintang during the session on 25 December 1946, in Nanjing, and adopted on 25 December 1947. The constitution, along with its Additional Articles, remains effective in ROC-controlled territories. Intended for the entire territory of the Republic of China as it was then constituted, it was never extensively nor effectively implemented due to the outbreak of the Chinese Civil War in mainland China at the time of the constitution's promulgation. The newly elected National Assembly soon ratified the Temporary Provisions against the Communist Rebellion on May 10, 1948. The Temporary Provisions symbolises the country's entering into the state of emergency and granted the Kuomintang-led government of the Republic of China extra-constitutional powers. Following the ROC government's retreat to Taiwan on 7 December 1949, the Temporary Provisions tog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Phoenix Peak
The Battle of Phoenix Peak (Feng Huang Ding) is also called the Battle to Check Enemy's Advance at Phoenix Peak (Feng Huang Ding Zu Ji Zhan) by the Chinese Communist Party, and it was a battle fought during Laiyang Campaign between the nationalists and the communists during the Chinese Civil War in the post World War II era. Prelude After Laiyang was besieged by the communist 7th Column, the nationalist planned to reinforce the city first and then annihilate the local communists in a decisive battle by luring them out to fight in the open at the gate of the city, in conditions that favored the nationalists. The nationalists managed to gather a total of eight brigades from different divisions to reinforce the Laiyang and the overall command of the reinforcement was put under the command of the nationalist 64th Division, Huang Guoliang 黄国梁. The communist 2nd Column was tasked to stop the nationalist reinforcement at the several key locations and one of them was Phoenix Peak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yu Tse-san Incident
The Yu Zisan Incident was a series of political events caused by the death of Yu Zisan, the chairman of the Students' Autonomous Association of National Chekiang University (NCKU), after he was imprisoned at the Hangzhou Garrison Headquarters, Hangzhou, China, on 29 October 1947. While the Nationalist government claimed that Yu committed suicide out of fear that he would be convicted as a Communist, the death became a cause célèbre and led to nationwide demonstrations in November and December 1947. Background Yu Zisan ( also romanised as Yu Tse-san), was a third-year undergraduate student of Agronomy at the College of Agriculture of NCKU. He was elected as the chairman of the Students' Autonomous Association (SAA) of NCKU in May 1947. In August 1947, Yu participated in the national meeting of All-China Students' Federation secretly held in Hangzhou and was appointed the contact person of student unions in Zhejiang. He was a member of New Democratic Youth Federation (YF), b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campaign In The Eastern Foothills Of The Funiu Mountains
The Campaign in the Eastern Foothills of the Funiu Mountains (伏牛山东麓战役) was a series of battles fought between the nationalists and the communists during the Chinese Civil War after World War II for the control of western Hubei and the border areas of Hubei, Honan and Shensi provinces. The campaign resulted in the communist victory. Prelude In mid October 1947, the nationalists had gathered forces included the V Corps centered at Luoyang at the east, and the Reorganized 1st Division and the Reorganized 36th Division at Tongguan County at the west for the preparation to reopen the Longhai railway transportation / communication line by first surrounding and then annihilating the communist force led by commander Chen Geng (陈赓) and political commissar Xie Fuzhi. On October 20, 1947, the communist high command ordered Chen Geng (陈赓) and Xie Fuzhi to split their force into three: one part would remain along the railroad to distract the enemy, and the other would ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Autumn Offensive Of 1947 In Northeast China
The Autumn Offensive of 1947 in Northeast China () was a series of battles initiated by the communists against the nationalists during the Chinese Civil War after World War II. Prelude After the defeats of the Summer Offensive of 1947 in Northeast China, Chiang Kai-shek removed Xiong Shihui, the political leader, and Du Yuming, the military commander, of the northeast China and replaced them with Chief of the General Staff Chen Cheng. With the arrival of the 49th Army from China proper, the total nationalist strength in northeast China numbered half a million, numbering forty-five divisions belonging to ten armies, which in turn, belonged to four corps. Chen Cheng deployed his troops in major cities such as Changchun, Siping, Shenyang, Jinzhou and along the railways linking these cities, and planned to attack the communists when more troops arrived from China proper. In northeast China, meanwhile, the communists had twenty-seven Divisions that belonged to nine columns, and tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meridian Ridge Campaign
The Meridian Ridge Campaign () was a series of battles fought between the nationalists and the communists in the Shaanxi province of northwest China during the Chinese Civil War in the post World War II era, resulting in a nationalist victory. Prelude The 300-km-long Meridian Ridge (Ziwuling), covered with dense forest, was a strategically important position in Guanzhong because it was a natural barrier in the southwest for the communist base in northwest China. To the east, it overlooked the Yulin – Xianyang Highway, and to the west, it overlooked the Xi'an – Lanzhou Highway, along which Xi'an could be reached within two days. The region was a dagger in the belly of the nationalist domain to the north of the Wei River and it had been a communist base since the late 1920s. During the Second Sino-Japanese War, the communist 385th Division led by commander Wang Hongshen was stationed in this region, and was surrounded by nationalist forces several times its strength. Clashes bet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (abbreviated as NOAA ) is an United States scientific and regulatory agency within the United States Department of Commerce that forecasts weather, monitors oceanic and atmospheric conditions, charts the seas, conducts deep sea exploration, and manages fishing and protection of marine mammals and endangered species in the U.S. exclusive economic zone. Purpose and function NOAA's specific roles include: * ''Supplying Environmental Information Products''. NOAA supplies to its customers and partners information pertaining to the state of the oceans and the atmosphere, such as weather warnings and forecasts via the National Weather Service. NOAA's information services extend as well to climate, ecosystems, and commerce. * ''Providing Environmental Stewardship Services''. NOAA is a steward of U.S. coastal and marine environments. In coordination with federal, state, local, tribal and international authorities, NOAA manages the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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