1942 in China
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Events in the year 1942 in China.
Incumbents
[edit]- President: Lin Sen
- Premier: Chiang Kai-shek
- Vice Premier: Kung Hsiang-hsi
Events
[edit]- Beginning of the Chinese famine of 1942-43
- April 26 - a gas and coal dust explosion in the Benxihu Colliery killed 1,549 miners.[1][2][3]
- mid May-early September - Zhejiang-Jiangxi Campaign
- A cholera epidemic in Yunnan province kills around 200 people[4]
Births
[edit]January
[edit]- January 16 — Zhao Zhongxiang, news anchor (d. 2020)
February
[edit]March
[edit]- March 10 — Li Zhilun, 6th Minister of Supervision of China (d. 2007)
- Ablet Abdureshit, 8th Chairman of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
April
[edit]- April 30 — James Soong, Taiwanese politician
July
[edit]- July 6 — Wang Zhizhen, biophysicist
- Guo Boxiong, former general of the People's Liberation Army
- Huang Baosheng, scholar of Sanskrit and Pali (d. 2023)
September
[edit]- September 3 — Michael Hui, Hong Kong actor and comedian
- September 15 — Wen Jiabao, 6th Premier of China
- September 22 — Wu Ma, Hong Kong actor, director, producer and writer (d. 2014)
October
[edit]- October 5
- He Xiangjian, co-founder of Midea
- Wang Gang, politician
November
[edit]- November 3 — Liu Qi, 11th Secretary of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
- Chen Guidi, writer
December
[edit]- December 3 — Zhou Yongkang, member of the 17th Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
- December 21 — Hu Jintao, 5th Paramount Leader of China
- December 28 — Uyunqimg, 8th Chairwoman of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (d. 2024)
Unknown dates
[edit]- Chen Jialin, film director (d. 2022)
Deaths
[edit]- February 12 — Zhao Shangzhi, military commander (b. 1908)
- May 26 — Dai Anlan, commander of the 200th Division of the National Revolutionary Army (b. 1904)
- May 27 — Chen Duxiu, 1st General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (b. 1879)
- June 2 — Zuo Quan, senior staff officer of the Eighth Route Army (b. 1905)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Yang (杨), Wenjie (雯洁). "Hidden behind the world's largest coal mine accident lies (Figure) - 世界最大煤矿事故背后藏谎言(图)" (in Chinese). Sina News. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
- ^ De (尚), Shangbao (宝德). "About 1942, the Lake mine gas explosion oral information (关于1942年本溪湖煤矿瓦斯大爆炸口述资料)" (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 16 April 2010. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
- ^ "Chinazhaoge Blog" (in Chinese). sohu.com. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
- ^ SARS in China: Prelude to Pandemic?, By Arthur Kleinman, James L. Watson, p. 10
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