1896 in China

Events in the year 1896 in China.

Incumbents

By 1896, China showed interest in Aksai Chin, reportedly a result of Russian instigation.
February — Russo-Chinese Bank, opened a Shanghai branch.
August 28 — China joined the Russo-Chinese Bank as a partner for the construction of China Eastern Railway. The bank was renamed to Sino-Russian Righteousness Victory Bank.
Dungan Revolt (1895–96), a rebellion of various Chinese Muslim ethnic groups in Qinghai and Gansu against the Qing dynasty

January 4 — Chen Tanqiu, politician and founding member of the Chinese Communist Party
January 9 — Mao Yisheng, structural engineer and social activist
February 18 — Li Linsi, educator, diplomat and scholar
March 16 — Liu Haisu, painter and art educator
March 19 — Luo Zhuoying, nationalist general
March 22 — He Long, communist revolutionary and a Marshal of the People's Republic of China
March 26 — Fu Ssu-nien, historian, linguist and writer
April 3 — Mao Zemin, communist revolutionary
May 16 — Hu Zongnan, nationalist general
June 2 — Li Weihan, communist politician
July 4 — Mao Dun, novelist, essayist, journalist, playwright, literary and cultural critic
July 12 — Li Ji, archaeologist
July 30 — Luo Longji, politician and intellectual
August 17 — Deng Zihui, communist revolutionary and one of the influential leaders of the People's Republic of China
September 2 — Zhang Fakui, 3rd Commander-in-Chief of the Republic of China Army
September 10 — Ye Ting, military officer
September 22 — Yu Hanmou, 2nd Commander-in-Chief of the Republic of China Army
October 11 — Wang Ruofei, high-ranking member of the Chinese Communist Party
October 22 — Peng Pai, pioneer of the Chinese agrarian movement and a leading revolutionary in the Chinese Communist Party
December 7 — Yu Dafu, short story writer and poet
December 26 — Xue Yue, nationalist general