Events in the year 1943 in

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 ...

. The country had an estimated population of 444,801,000 in the

mainland Mainland is defined as "relating to or forming the main part of a country or continent, not including the islands around it egardless of status under territorial jurisdiction by an entity" The term is often politically, economically and/or dem ...

and 6,507,000 in

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

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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 ful ...

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 ...

(until 1 August),

Chiang Kai-shek Chiang Kai-shek (31 October 1887 – 5 April 1975), also known as Chiang Chung-cheng and Jiang Jieshi, was a Chinese Nationalist politician, revolutionary, and military leader who served as the leader of the Republic of China (ROC) from 1928 ...

(from 1 August) *

Premier Premier is a title for the head of government in central governments, state governments and local governments of some countries. A second in command to a premier is designated as a deputy premier. A premier will normally be a head of governm ...

* Vice Premier: Kung Hsiang-hsi

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* Continuing

Chinese famine of 1942-43 Chinese can refer to: * Something related to China * Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity **''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation ** List of ethnic groups in China, people of va ...

* 11 January - Conclusion of the

Sino-British Treaty for the Relinquishment of Extra-Territorial Rights in China The Sino-British Treaty for the Relinquishment of Extra-Territorial Rights in China, or the Sino-British New Equal Treaty, was a bilateral treaty concluded between the British and the Chinese governments in Chungking ( Chongqing) on 11 January 1 ...

* 11 January - Signing of the Sino-American Treaty for the Relinquishment of Extraterritorial Rights in China * 9 - 12 May -

Changjiao massacre The Changjiao massacre () was a massacre of Chinese civilians by the China Expeditionary Army in Changjiao, Hunan. Gen. Shunroku Hata was the commander of the Japanese forces. For four days, from May 9-12, 1943, more than 30,000 civilians were ki ...

* 12 May - 3 June -

Battle of West Hubei The Battle of West Hubei (), was one of 22 major engagements between the National Revolutionary Army and Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War. It was also one of four major battles that took place in Hubei. It resulted i ...

* 20 May - Ratification and entry into force of the Sino-British Treaty for the Relinquishment of Extra-Territorial Rights in China * May - Ratification and entry into force of the Sino-American Treaty for the Relinquishment of Extraterritorial Rights in China * Disestablishment of the

United States Court for China The United States Court for China was a United States district court that had extraterritorial jurisdiction over U.S. citizens in China. It existed from 1906 to 1943 and had jurisdiction in civil and criminal matters, with appeals taken to the U ...

* 18 August - Start of the Linnan Campaign * 2 November - 20 December -

Battle of Changde The Battle of Changde (Battle of Changteh; ) was a major engagement in the Second Sino-Japanese War in and around the Republic of China (1912–49), Chinese city of Changde (Changteh) in the province of Hunan. During the battle, the Imperial Ja ...

* Opening of the Sup'ung Dam, in

Liaoning Liaoning () is a coastal province in Northeast China that is the smallest, southernmost, and most populous province in the region. With its capital at Shenyang, it is located on the northern shore of the Yellow Sea, and is the northernmost ...

Births

* Abdurehim Haji Amin *

Liu Jingnan Liu Jingnan (; born July 1, 1943) is a Chinese geodesist and educator. He earned his bachelor's and master's degrees at the Wuhan Institute of Surveying and Mapping (now the School of Geodesy and Geomatics, Wuhan University), and worked at Hunan P ...

Pan Wuyun Pan Wuyun (, born March 1943) is a leading Chinese people, Chinese linguist and specialist in historical Chinese phonology. Career Pan was born in Rui'an, Zhejiang in 1943. After graduating from high school, he was unable to attend college becaus ...

Fang Chengguo Fang Chengguo (; 14 December 1943 – 27 January 2009)
was a People's Republic of Chin ...

Xie Shengwu Xie Shengwu (; born November 22, 1943) is a Chinese physicist who served as President of Shanghai Jiao Tong University from 1997 to 2006. Xie was born in Shaoxing Shaoxing (; ) is a prefecture-level city on the southern shore of Hangzhou ...

Guo Ruilong Guo Ruilong (; born 1 December 1943) is a Chinese football coach and former footballer. Playing career Born in Kunming, Guo returned to his hometown Beijing in 1946 after the Second Sino-Japanese War ended. He began his football career for Bei ...

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Chen Tanqiu Chen Tanqiu (; 4 January 1896 – 27 September 1943) was a founding member of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Chen Tanqiu graduated from Wuhan Higher Normal School (present day Wuhan University) after which he played a leadership role in th ...

Gao Enhong Gao Enhong (, born 1875 - died 1943 in Beijing) was a Chinese politician in Republic of China in the early 20th century. As governor of the Jiaozhou territory, Gao Enhong advocated the establishment of Qingdao University, a private academic inst ...

Mao Zemin Mao Zemin (; April 3, 1896 – September 27, 1943), also using Zhou Bin () as his alias, was born in Xiangtan, Hunan province. He was the head of the state bank of the Chinese Soviet Republic in Ruijin and also the Minister of National Econo ...

Jiang Chaozong Jiang Chaozong (; Hepburn romanization, Hepburn: ''Kō Kōketsu''; 1861–1943) was a general in the late Empire of China (1915–1916), Empire of China and an acting Premier of the Republic of China in 1917. Biography A native of Xuancheng, A ...

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