1939 in China
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Events in the year 1939 in China.
Incumbents
- President: Lin Sen
- Premier: H.H. Kung (until December 11), Chiang Kai-shek (from December 11)
- Vice Premier: Chang Ch'ün (until December 11), Kung Hsiang-hsi (from December 11)
- Foreign Minister: Wang Ch'ung-hui
Events
January
- January - The British Hong Kong Government had announced that it will ban the export of weapons and ammunition to the Republic of China via the land boundary of Hong Kong.[1]
February
- February - Hainan Island Operation
- February 21 - Shenzhen and Lo Wu were bombed by Japanese army, 30 people were killed or injured, Japanese government paid 20,000 HK$ to the British Hong Kong government.[2]
- February - The Hong Kong Government negotiated with the Japanese army, resume shipping between Hong Kong and Guangzhou.[1]
March
- March 17-May 9 - Battle of Nanchang
- March - Battle of Xiushui River
April
- April 20-May 24 - Battle of Suixian–Zaoyang
June
- June - Swatow Operation
- June 14-August 20 - Tientsin Incident
September
- September 13-October 8 - Battle of Changsha (1939)
December
This month, Chongqing National Government required the assembly of four commercial transport aircraft provided by US companies in Hong Kong, which was rejected by the British Hong Kong Government.[1]
Births
- February 19 – Erin Pizzey, author and founder of the first domestic violence shelter in the modern world[3]
- February 28 - Daniel C. Tsui
- July - Zeng Qinghong
Deaths
- February 21 – Yu Xiusong, an early member of the Communist Party of China.
- December 4 – Wu Peifu
See also
References
- 湯開建 蕭國健 陳佳榮 (1998). 《香港6000年(遠古-1997)》. 麒麟書業有限公司. p. 頁500. ISBN 9622321232.(in Chinese)
- "日機狂炸深圳羅湖 英政府已提抗議 是役死傷平民百餘印警一名遭難 日機兩架昨日又來偵察但未投彈". 華字日報第弍張第叁頁. 1939-02-23.(in Chinese)
- 1990/91 (July 1990). World Whos Who of Women 1990/91. ISBN 9780948875106.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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