1920 in China explained

Events in the year 1920 in China.

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

Notes and References

1. Spymaster: Dai Li and the Chinese Secret Service – Page 166 Frederic E. Wakeman – 2003
2. News: Eileen Chang, 74, Chinese Writer Revered Outside the Mainland . New York Times . September 13, 1995 . 6 September 2013.
3. http://www.whartonhongkong07.com/bio-s-chao.html Biography of Kuang-Piu (K.P.) Chao