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1931 In China
Events in the year 1931 in China. Incumbents * Chairman of the Nationalist government: Chiang Kai-shek until December 15, Lin Sen * Premier: Chen Mingshu * Vice Premier: Soong Tse-ven until December 16, Chen Mingshu Events *March 1-early June - Second Encirclement Campaign against the Honghu Soviet *April 1-May 31 - Second Encirclement Campaign against Jiangxi Soviet *April–July - Second Encirclement Campaign against the Hubei-Henan-Anhui Soviet *July 1-September 18 - Third Encirclement Campaign against Jiangxi Soviet *November 4 - Resistance at Nenjiang Bridge *November 4–18 - Jiangqiao Campaign *November - Establishment of the Chinese Soviet Republic *1931 China floods, one of the deadliest floods in history September 18 - 918 Incident Births *February 25 - Li Zhensheng (geneticist) Deaths *February 7 - Rou Shi, Hu Yepin and Feng Keng; all executed *June 24 - Xiang Zhongfa, executed *August 4 - Cai Hesen, executed *November 29 - Deng Yanda Deng Yanda (, 1 March 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and borders fourteen countries by land, the most of any country in the world, tied with Russia. Covering an area of approximately , it is the world's third largest country by total land area. The country consists of 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, four municipalities, and two Special Administrative Regions (Hong Kong and Macau). The national capital is Beijing, and the most populous city and financial center is Shanghai. Modern Chinese trace their origins to a cradle of civilization in the fertile basin of the Yellow River in the North China Plain. The semi-legendary Xia dynasty in the 21st century BCE and the well-attested Shang and Zhou dynasties developed a bureaucratic political system to serve hereditary monarchies, or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |