Events in the year 1938 in China.

Incumbents

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university * President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ...

Lin Sen Lin Sen (; 16 March 1868 – 1 August 1943), courtesy name Tze-chao (子超), sobriquet Chang-jen (長仁), was a Chinese politician who served as Chairman of the National Government of the Republic of China from 1931 until his death. Early l ...

* Premier - Kung Hsiang-hsi (Dr. H. H. Kung) * Vice Premier -

Zhang Qun Zhang Qun or Chang Ch'ün (; May 9, 1889 – December 14, 1990) also known as Zhang Yuejun (張岳軍), was premier of the Republic of China and a prominent member of the Kuomintang. He served as secretary general to the President of the Republ ...

*Foreign Minister -

Wang Ch'ung-hui Wang Ch'ung-hui (; 1881–1958) was a prominent Chinese jurist, diplomat and politician who served the Republic of China from its foundation in 1912 until his death in 1958. He was a close associate of the republic's founding father, Sun Yat- ...

Events

January

* 1 January - The KMT Central Standing Committee resolved at its 62nd meeting, Chiang Kai-shek resigned, the election of

Kong Xiangxi Kung Hsiang-hsi (; 11 September 1881 – 16 August 1967), often known as Dr. H. H. Kung, was a Chinese banker and politician in the early 20th century. He married Soong Ai-ling, the eldest of the three Soong sisters; the other two married Preside ...

as the executive president, leaving the post of vice president of the Executive Yuan,

successor. * 24 January-

Han Fuju Han Fuju or Han Fu-chü (; 1890 – 24 January 1938) was a Kuomintang general in the early 20th century. He rose up the ranks of the Guominjun clique in the Warlord era but then went over to the Kuomintang, and held the position of military go ...

was sentenced to death and executed in Wuchang at 7 pm. *January -

Nanking Massacre The Nanjing Massacre (, ja, 南京大虐殺, Nankin Daigyakusatsu) or the Rape of Nanjing (formerly romanized as ''Nanking'') was the mass murder of Chinese civilians in Nanjing, the capital of the Republic of China, immediately after the ...

*January–June - Battle of Northern and Eastern Henan

February

* 18 February - The

Imperial Japanese Army Air Service The Imperial Japanese Army Air Service (IJAAS) or Imperial Japanese Army Air Force (IJAAF; ja, 大日本帝國陸軍航空部隊, Dainippon Teikoku Rikugun Kōkūbutai, lit=Greater Japan Empire Army Air Corps) was the aviation force of the Im ...

launched air strikes against

Wuhan Wuhan (, ; ; ) is the capital of Hubei Province in the People's Republic of China. It is the largest city in Hubei and the most populous city in Central China, with a population of over eleven million, the ninth-most populous Chinese city an ...

.( Battle of Wuhan ; zh, 武汉会战)

March

* 24 March – 1 May -

Battle of Xuzhou The Battle of Xuzhou was a military conflict between the Empire of Japan and the Republic of China forces in May 1938 during the Second Sino-Japanese War. History In 1937 the North China Area Army had chased Song Zheyuan's 29th Army to the ...

* 24 March – 7 April - Battle of Taierzhuang

April

* 29 April - To celebrate

Emperor Hirohito Emperor , commonly known in English-speaking countries by his personal name , was the 124th emperor of Japan, ruling from 25 December 1926 until his death in 1989. Hirohito and his wife, Empress Kōjun, had two sons and five daughters; he was ...

's birthday, The

conducted a massive bombing of

. ( Battle of Wuhan ; zh, 武汉会战)

May

*May -

Battle of Lanfeng The Battle of Lanfeng (), in the Second Sino-Japanese War, was part of the larger campaign for Northern and Eastern Henan (February 7 – June 10, 1938) and took place at the same time as the Battle of Xuzhou (Late December – Early June 1938) ...

* 10 May – 12 May -

Amoy Operation The Amoy Operation, also known as the Battle of Xiamen () was part of a campaign by Japan during the Second Sino-Japanese War to blockade China to prevent it from communicating with the outside world and importing needed arms and materials. Con ...

June

* 6 June - the Japanese forces capture

Kaifeng Kaifeng () is a prefecture-level city in east-central Henan province, China. It is one of the Eight Ancient Capitals of China, having been the capital eight times in history, and is best known for having been the Chinese capital during the No ...

, Henan * 13 June - the Japanese landing forces occupy Anqing City, Anhui Province. Israel Epstein. 《人民之戰》. 香港: 和平圖書. 2016.

October

* 1 October to 11 October - Battle of Wanjialing *October–December -

Canton Operation The Canton Operation (; pinyin: Guǎngzhōu Zhànyì) was part of a campaign by Empire of Japan, Japan during the Second Sino-Japanese War to blockade Republic of China (1912-1949), China to prevent it from communicating with the outside world ...

November

*13 November - 1938 Changsha Fire

Births

* March -

Fu Zhihuan Fu Zhihuan (; born March 1938) is a politician of the People's Republic of China, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. He served as the Minister of Railways A Ministry of Railways is a Cabinet department that exists or has ...

* April - He Jingtang, a prominent Chinese architect. * July -

Shu Huiguo Shu Huiguo () (born July 1938) was a People's Republic of China politician. He was born in Jing'an County, Jiangxi. He was Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary and People's Congress Chairman of his home province. He was a graduate of Jiangxi ...

* 28 September -

Huang Ju Huang Ju (28 September 1938 – 2 June 2007) was a Chinese politician and a high-ranking leader in the Chinese Communist Party. He was a member of the Politburo Standing Committee, China's top decision making body, between 2002 until his death in ...

(died 2007) * October -

Li Qiyan Li Qiyan () (October 1938 – 3 June 2020) served as mayor of Beijing from February 1993 to November 1996. He is originally from Qihe County in Shandong province. Li joined the Chinese Communist Party in November 1961. He was a member of the 14th ...

* 26 October -

Tom Meschery Thomas Nicholas Meschery ( ; born Tomislav Nikolayevich Meshcheryakov (russian: Томислав Николаевич Мещеряков); October 26, 1938)

, basketball player and coach * 28 December - Chen Sisi

Deaths

*January 20 -

Liu Xiang (warlord) Liu Xiang or Liu Hsiang (; 1 July 1890 – 20 January 1938) was one of the warlords who controlled Sichuan province during the Warlord era of 20th-century China. Life Liu Xiang was born on 1 July 1890, in Dayi, Sichuan, China. He graduated ...

*January 24 -

*March 14 -

Wang Mingzhang Wang Mingzhang (; 4 July 1893 – 14 March 1938), courtesy name Zhizhong (之鐘), was a Chinese general of the National Revolutionary Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Biography Born in Xindu County (modern-day Xindu District, Chengdu) ...

*September 30 -

Tang Shaoyi Tang Shaoyi (; 2 January 1862 – 30 September 1938), also spelled Tong Shao Yi, courtesy name Shaochuan (), was a Chinese statesman who briefly served as the first Premier of the Republic of China in 1912. In 1938, he was assassinated by the ...

Shen Hongying Shen Hongying or Shum Hung-ying (; Cantonese: ''Shum Hung-ying'') (Oct 15, 1871 – January 28, 1935) was a Chinese general in the Old Guangxi Clique during the Republic of China (1912–1949). Shum was given the title of General Hip Wai (協� ...

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