1920 in China

Events in the year 1920 in China.

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Decades:
  • 1900s
  • 1910s
  • 1920s
  • 1930s
  • 1940s
See also:Other events of 1920
History of China  • Timeline  • Years

Incumbents
  • President: Xu Shichang
  • Premier: Jin Yunpeng

Events
  • July 14–23 – Zhili–Anhui War
  • December 16 – 1920 Haiyuan earthquake
  • Second Guangdong–Guangxi War
  • Alice Dollar incident
  • Establishment of the Republic of China Air Force

Births
  • April 18 – Wang Zigan, papercutting artist (died 2000)
  • May 3 – Xu Liangying, physicist (died 2013)
  • August 20 – Jiang Zhuyun, revolutionary martyr (died 1949)[1]
  • September 30 – Eileen Chang, writer (died 1995)[2]
  • November 24 – Chao Kuang Piu, industrialist and philanthropist (died 2021)[3]

Deaths
  • January 17 – Yang Changji, teacher, scholar and writer (born 1871)
  • January 23 – Mao Yichang, farmer and grain merchant, father of Mao Zedong (born 1870)
  • Li Ruiqing
  • Li Chun

References
  1. Spymaster: Dai Li and the Chinese Secret Service – Page 166 Frederic E. Wakeman – 2003
  2. "Eileen Chang, 74, Chinese Writer Revered Outside the Mainland". New York Times. September 13, 1995. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
  3. Biography of Kuang-Piu (K.P.) Chao
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