Events in the year 1923 in China.
Incumbents
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Li Yuanhong
Li Yuanhong (; courtesy name Songqing 宋卿) (October 19, 1864 – June 3, 1928) was a Chinese politician during the Qing dynasty and the Republic of China. He was the president of the Republic of China between 1916 and 1917, and between 1922 ...
(until 13 June),
Gao Lingwei
Gao Lingwei (; Hepburn: Kō Ryōi); (1870–1940) was a Chinese politician during the late Qing dynasty and the early Republic of China.
A Tianjin native, he was appointed to Hubei where he held many offices relating to finance and education in ...
(14 June – 10 October),
Cao Kun
General Cao Kun (; courtesy name: Zhongshan () (December 12, 1862 – May 15, 1938) was a Chinese warlord and politician, who served the President of the Republic of China from 1923 to 1924, as well as the military leader of the Zhili clique in ...
(from 10 October)
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Premier
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Wang Zhengting
Chengting Thomas Wang or C. T. Wang (, 7 September 1882 – 21 May 1961), also known under the Pinyin spelling Wang Zhengting, was Foreign Minister, Minister of Finance, Minister of Justice and acting Premier in governments of the Republic of Chin ...
(until 4 January),
Zhang Shaozeng
Zhang Shaozeng (; Wade-Giles Chang Shao-ts'eng) (9 October 1879 – 21 March 1928) was a Beiyang Army general in charge of the 20th Division.
Biography
He was born in Zhili province and graduated from a Japanese military academy in 1901. He wa ...
(4 January – 9 September),
Gao Lingwei
Gao Lingwei (; Hepburn: Kō Ryōi); (1870–1940) was a Chinese politician during the late Qing dynasty and the early Republic of China.
A Tianjin native, he was appointed to Hubei where he held many offices relating to finance and education in ...
(from 9 September)
Events
* January – Establishment of
Radio Corporation of China
* 26 January –
Sun–Joffe Manifesto Sun–Joffe Manifesto or the Joint Manifesto of Sun and Joffe (孫文越飛宣言) was an agreement signed between Sun Yat-sen and Adolph Joffe on January 26, 1923 for the cooperation of Republic of China Kuomintang and Soviet Union.Tung, William L. ...
* 5 October –
presidential election
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* 27 December – Establishment of the
Prefecture Apostolic of Tingchow
* Establishment of the
* Establishment of
First United Front
The First United Front (; alternatively ), also known as the KMT–CCP Alliance, of the Kuomintang (KMT) and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), was formed in 1924 as an alliance to end warlordism in China. Together they formed the National Revo ...
* Establishment of Jiangsu Tongzhou High School, in Nantong, Jiangsu
* Establishment of Kunming Wujiaba International Airport, in Kunming, Yunnan
Births
* Chen Nengkuan
* Fu Quanxiang
* Li Wanheng
* Li Yuan-tsu
* Wang Shufeng
* Yang Guanghua
* Yang Jingyuan
Deaths
* Zhou Ziqi
* Chen Xiefen
* Fang Junying (1884–1923), was a Chinese revolutionary, killed herself due to sorrow over the level of corruption in the government
References
1923 in China,
1920s in China
Years of the 20th century in China
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