• Source: 1940 in China

Events in the year 1940 in China.




Incumbents


President: Lin Sen
Premier: Chiang Kai-shek
Vice Premier: H.H. Kung
Foreign Minister: Wang Ch'ung-hui




Events


March 16-April 3 - Battle of Wuyuan
May 1-June 18 - Battle of Zaoyang–Yichang
November 25–30 - Central Hubei Operation




Births






= January

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January 4 — Gao Xingjian, Chinese-French naturalized novelist, playwright, critic, painter, photographer, film director and translator
January 14 — Li Guanxing, nuclear material engineer (d. 2020)
January 16 — Pagbalha Geleg Namgyai, 11th Qamdo Pagbalha Hutuktu of Tibetan Buddhism and politician
January 17
Hua Jianmin, former State Councilor of China
Anson Chan, Hong Kong politician and civil servant




= February

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February 29 — Lydia Dunn, Hong Kong-born British businesswoman and politician




= March

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March 8 — Jia Qinglin, 7th Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
Zhang Fusen, politician




= April

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April 24 — Allen Lee, industrialist, politician and political commentator (d. 2020)
Jiang Shusheng, physicist and politician




= June

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Liao Xilong, general of the People's Liberation Army




= August

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August 14 — Zhang Lina, physical chemist (d. 2020)
August 22 — Shi Guangnan, composer (d. 1990)
Chen Mingyi, 5th Governor of Fujian
Guo Baochang, director, screenwriter, writer and playwright (d. 2023)




= October

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October 3 — Liu Yongqing, former Spouse of the Paramount Leader of China
October 8 — Liu Yingming, mathematician (d. 2016)
October 20 — Li Zhaoxing, 9th Minister of Foreign Affairs of China




= November

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November 27 — Bruce Lee, Hong Kong-American martial artist and actor (d. 1973)




= December

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December 9 — Liang Guanglie, 10th Minister of National Defense of China (d. 2024)
December 17 — Lü Zhong, actress
December 18 — Lei Feng, soldier of the People's Liberation Army (d. 1962)
December 22 — Bai Yilong, mechanist (d. 2024)
Huang Hengmei, lieutenant general of the People's Liberation Army




= Date unknown

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Yu Lina, violinist pedagogue
Patsy Toh, British pianist




Deaths


February 23 — Yang Jingyu, Communist military commander and political commissar (b. 1905)
March 5 — Cai Yuanpei, philosopher and politician (b. 1868)
April 5 — Song Zheyuan, general (b. 1885)
May 16 — Zhang Zizhong, general (b. 1891)




See also


List of Chinese films of the 1940s




References

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• China Hand
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• Republik Tiongkok (1912–1949)
• Abdurrahman Wahid
• Sejarah Islam di Tiongkok
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• A Yank in Indo-China
• Bruce Lee
• 1940 in China
• 1939–1940 Winter Offensive
• China
• History of the People's Republic of China (1949–1976)
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• Provisional Government of the Republic of China (1937–1940)
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