1938 in China
Events in the year 1938 in China.
Incumbents
- President - Lin Sen
- Premier - Kung Hsiang-hsi
- Vice Premier - Zhang Qun
- Foreign Minister - Wang Chonghui
Events
January
- 1 January - The KMT Central Standing Committee resolved at its 62nd meeting, Chiang Kai-shek resigned, the election of Kong Xiangxi as the executive president, leaving the post of vice president of the Executive Yuan, Zhang Qun successor.
- 24 January- Han Fuju was sentenced to death and executed in Wuchang at 7 pm.
- January–June - Battle of Northern and Eastern Henan
February
- 18 February - The Imperial Japanese Army Air Service launched air strikes against Wuhan.
March
- 24 March – 1 May - Battle of Xuzhou
- 24 March – 7 April - Battle of Taierzhuang
April
- 29 April - To celebrate emperor Hirohito's birthday, the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service conducted a massive bombing of Wuhan.
May
- May - Battle of Lanfeng
- 10 May – 12 May - Amoy Operation
June
- 6 June - the Japanese forces capture Kaifeng, Henan
- 13 June - the Japanese landing forces occupy Anqing City, Anhui Province.
October
- 1 October to 11 October - Battle of Wanjialing
- October–December - Canton Operation
November
- 13 November - 1938 Changsha Fire
Births
January
- January 17
- *Tang Jiaxuan, 8th Minister of Foreign Affairs of China
- *Zhu Xijuan, film actress
February
- February 3 — Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama
- February 16 — Wu Guixian, first female Vice Premier of China
- February 26 — Yang Shengnan, historian and palaeographer
April
- April 8 — Lui Ming-wah, member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
- April 11 — Fu Zhihuan, 11th Minister of Railways of China
- April 20 — Chiung Yao, Taiwanese writer and producer
- He Jingtang, prominent architect
May
June
- June 7 — Gu Long, Hong Kong-born Taiwanese novelist
July
- Shu Huiguo, politician
August
- Raidi, politician
September
- September 28 — Huang Ju, former Vice Premier of China
October
- October 18 — Wu Guanzheng, 9th Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Chinese Communist Party
- October 26 — Tom Meschery, American basketball player and coach
- October 30 — Shao Hua, photographer and wife of Mao Anqing, second son of Mao Zedong
- Li Qiyan, 10th Mayor of Beijing
November
- November 6 — Jin Zhanpeng, scientist
- November 17 — Wu Yi, former Vice Premier of China
- November 20 — Wan Huilin, physical chemist
- Lu Ruihua, 14th Governor of Guangdong
December
- December 4 — Chin Han, Hong Kong actor, director, screenwriter and producer
- December 24 — Wang Mengshu, tunnel and railway engineer
- December 28 — Chen Sisi, film and theater actress
- Zeng Peiyan, member of the 16th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party
Deaths
- January 20 — Liu Xiang, warlord of Sichuan
- January 24 — Han Fuju, Nationalist general
- March 14 — Wang Mingzhang, Nationalist general
- March 28 — Zheng Xiaoxu, statesman, diplomat and calligrapher
- May 9 — Huang Tzu, composer
- May 15 — Cao Kun, warlord and politician
- June 8 — Tieliang, general in the Qing dynasty and one of the main members of the Royalist Party
- September 30 — Tang Shaoyi, 1st Premier of the Republic of China
- November 4 — Jiang Baili, military writer, strategist, trainer and army general