Events from the year 1929 in China.

Incumbents

Chairman The chairperson, also chairman, chairwoman or chair, is the presiding officer of an organized group such as a board, committee, or deliberative assembly. The person holding the office, who is typically elected or appointed by members of the grou ...

of the Nationalist government:

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 ...

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 ...

: Tan Yankai * Vice Premier: Feng Yuxiang

Events

March

* March 5 –

Yi Peiji Yi Peiji (; 28 February 1880 – September 1937) was a Chinese politician, scholar, and educator. Life and career Yi was born in Changsha, Hunan, on February 28, 1880. He graduated from Hubei Fangyan College (now Wuhan University), then he went t ...

was appointed as the president of the

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 the curator of the antiquities museum by Nationalist Government.

April

*April 1 –

Zhifu Zhifu District is an urban district of the prefecture-level city of Yantai in Shandong Province, China. Name As a separate city, Zhifu's name was variously romanized as Chefoo, and . Although this name was used for the city by foreigners prior ...

is captured by rebel forces in course of the Warlord Rebellion in northeastern Shandong, and subsequently largely destroyed. *April 11 –

Battle of Yichang A battle is an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size. A war usually consists of multiple battles. In general, a battle is a military engagement that is well defined in duration, area, and force ...

in western

Hubei Hubei (; ; alternately Hupeh) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, and is part of the Central China region. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Dongting Lake. The prov ...

between the armies of the

Sichuan clique The Sichuan clique was a group of warlords in the warlord era in China. During the period from 1927 to 1938, Sichuan was in the hands of five warlords: Liu Xiang, Yang Sen, Liu Wenhui, Deng Xihou, He Zhaode, and Tian Songyao, with minor forc ...

and New Guangxi clique *Mid-April – Zhang Zongchang's warlord rebel army in northeastern Shandong collapses as result of indiscipline and a government counter-offensive.

May

*May 15: First Battle of Guilin:

Hunan Hunan (, ; ) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the South Central China region. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi to ...

Army attacks Guilin, Guangxi *May 17–21: Second Battle of Guangzhou between New Guangxi clique and Guangdong Army

June

*June 6 –

1929 Westlake exposition The 1929 Westlake exposition () was a world's fair held in Xihu District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, Republic of China in 1929. The event opened on June 6, 1929, lasting 137 days.China.com.cn.China.com.cn" ''杭州西湖博覽會博物館.'' R ...

was opened.China.com.cn.
China.com.cn
" ''杭州西湖博覽會博物館.'' Retrieved on May 8, 2010. *June 7–18: Battle of Liuzhou, Guangxi between armies of New Guangxi clique and Hunan *June 21: Battle of Guiping in Guangxi between New Guangxi clique and the National Revolutionary Army

July

* July 25 – the Soviet government's Assistant Commissar of Foreign Affairs,

Lev Karakhan Lev Mikhailovich Karakhan (''Karakhanian'') Armenian Լևոն Միքայելի Կարախանյան, Russian Лев Михайлович Карахан (20 January 1889, Tiflis – 20 September 1937, Moscow) was a Russian revolutionary and a ...

, had issued a manifesto to the Chinese government promising the return of the Chinese Eastern Railway to Chinese control with no financial cost.Elleman; Bruce A.; ''The Soviet Union's Secret Diplomacy Concerning the Chinese Eastern Railway, 1924–1925;'' Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 53 (1994), S. 461 (

Sino-Soviet conflict (1929) The Sino-Soviet conflict of 1929 (, russian: Конфликт на Китайско-Восточной железной дороге) was an armed conflict between the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and Chinese warlord Zhang Xueliang of ...

)

August

* August 26 – the

Karakhan Manifesto The Karakhan Manifesto was a statement of Soviet policy toward China dated 25 July 1919. It was issued by Lev Karakhan, deputy commissioner for foreign affairs for Soviet Russia. The manifesto offered to relinquish various rights Russia had obtaine ...

was published by the Soviet press, but the document failed to mention neither the return of CER to the Chinese nor the lack of financial compensation. (

)

September

*September 23 – Liu Zhennian launches a campaign to crush the

Red Spears' uprising in Shandong (1928–1929) The Red Spear Society staged a major uprising in 1928–1929 against the rule of Liu Zhennian, the Nationalist government-aligned warlord ruler of eastern Shandong province in Republican China. Motivated by their resistance against high taxes ...

October

*October 10 – the closing of the

. *October 18–24: battle at

Zhengzhou Zhengzhou (; ), also spelt Zheng Zhou and alternatively romanized as Chengchow, is the capital and largest city of Henan Province in the central part of the People's Republic of China. Located in north-central Henan, it is one of the National ...

, Henan between Feng Yuxiang's Northwest Army and National Revolutionary Army

November

*November – The

Red Spear Society The Red Spear Society began as a rural self-defense movement in Henan, Hebei and Shandong in northern China during the Warlord Era in the 1920s. These were local groups of small-holders and tenant farmers organized to defend villages against ro ...

ceases to exist on the northern Shandong Peninsula as result of Liu Zhennian's counter-insurgency campaign. *November 20 – Taiping Fire and Marine Insurance, as predecessor of China Taiping Insurance was founded in Shanghai. *November 30 – end of battle of Heishiguan

December

*December – Gutian Congress

Births

* June 30 –

Yang Ti-liang Sir Ti-liang Yang, (; born 30 June 1929) is a retired senior Hong Kong judge. He was the Chief Justice of Hong Kong from 1988–1996, the only ethnic Chinese person to hold this office during British colonial rule. He was a candidate in the ...

, senior Hong Kong judge * October 13 –

Walasse Ting Walasse Ting (, 13 October 1929 – May 17, 2010) was a Chinese-American visual artist and poet. His colorful paintings have attracted critical admiration and a popular following. Common subjects include nude women and cats, birds and other a ...

, Chinese-American painter (d. 2010) * December 29 –

Shen Jilan Shen Jilan (; 29 December 1929 – 28 June 2020) was a Chinese politician affiliated with the Chinese Communist Party and former farmer. She had held numerous governance positions and was elected to the 1st National People's Congress in 1954, an ...

, Chinese politician (d.

2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, COVID- ...

) * Dong Cunrui

Deaths

*January 10 –

Yang Yuting (warlord) Yang Yuting (; 1886 – January 10, 1929), was a Fengtien clique warlord and Military Governor of Jiangsu during the early period of the Republic of China (Beiyang government) from August to November 1925. He was executed by Zhang Xueliang during ...

*January 19 – Liang Qichao *February 20 –

Su Zhaozheng Su Zhaozheng () (1885, Qi'ao Island – 1929, Shanghai), early phase leader of the Communist Party of China, labour movement activist. A native of the Qi'ao Island of Xiangshan County, Guangdong Province, he became a sailor, active in Sun Yats ...

*August 30 –

Peng Pai Peng Pai (; October 22, 1896 – August 30, 1929), training name at youth Peng Hanyu (), born in Haifeng, Guangdong Province, China, was a pioneerIn the Preface, the author called Peng Pai "the father of Chinese rural communism". of the Chinese ...

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