Events in the year 1938 in China.
Incumbents President - Lin Sen Premier - Kung Hsiang-hsi (Dr. H. H. Kung) Vice Premier - Zhang Qun Foreign Minister - Wang Chonghui
Events January 1 January - The KMT Central Standing Committee resolved at its 62nd meeting, Chiang Kai-shek resigned, the election of Kong Xiangxi as the executive president, leaving the post of vice president of the Executive Yuan, Zhang Qun successor. 24 January- Han Fuju was sentenced to death and executed in Wuchang at 7 pm. January–June - Battle of Northern and Eastern Henan
February 18 February - The Imperial Japanese Army Air Service launched air strikes against Wuhan.(Battle of Wuhan; )
March 24 March – 1 May - Battle of Xuzhou 24 March – 7 April - Battle of Taierzhuang
April 29 April - To celebrate emperor Hirohito's birthday, the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service conducted a massive bombing of Wuhan. (Battle of Wuhan; )
May May - Battle of Lanfeng 10 May – 12 May - Amoy Operation
June 6 June - the Japanese forces capture Kaifeng, Henan 13 June - the Japanese landing forces occupy Anqing City, Anhui Province.Israel Epstein. 《人民之戰》. 香港: 和平圖書. 2016.
October 1 October to 11 October - Battle of Wanjialing October–December - Canton Operation
November 13 November - 1938 Changsha Fire
Births January January 17 Tang Jiaxuan, 8th Minister of Foreign Affairs of China Zhu Xijuan, film actress
February February 3 — Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama (d. 1989) February 16 — Wu Guixian, first female Vice Premier of China February 26 — Yang Shengnan, historian and palaeographer (d. 2019)
April April 8 — Lui Ming-wah, member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong April 11 — Fu Zhihuan, 11th Minister of Railways of China April 20 — Chiung Yao, Taiwanese writer and producer (d. 2024) He Jingtang, prominent architect
May Jia Chunwang, 8th Procurator-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate
June June 7 — Gu Long, Hong Kong-born Taiwanese novelist (d. 1985)
July Shu Huiguo, politician
August Raidi, politician
September September 28 — Huang Ju, former Vice Premier of China (d. 2007)
October October 18 — Wu Guanzheng, 9th Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Chinese Communist Party October 26 — Tom Meschery, American basketball player and coach October 30 — Shao Hua, photographer and wife of Mao Anqing, second son of Mao Zedong (d. 2008) Li Qiyan, 10th Mayor of Beijing (d. 2020)
November November 6 — Jin Zhanpeng, scientist (d. 2020) November 17 — Wu Yi, former Vice Premier of China November 20 — Wan Huilin, physical chemist (d. 2024) Lu Ruihua, 14th Governor of Guangdong
December December 4 — Chin Han, Hong Kong actor, director, screenwriter and producer December 24 — Wang Mengshu, tunnel and railway engineer (d. 2018) December 28 — Chen Sisi, film and theater actress (d. 2007) Zeng Peiyan, member of the 16th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party
Deaths January 20 — Liu Xiang, warlord of Sichuan (b. 1890) January 24 — Han Fuju, Nationalist general (b. 1890) March 14 — Wang Mingzhang, Nationalist general (b. 1893) March 28 — Zheng Xiaoxu, statesman, diplomat and calligrapher (b. 1860) May 9 — Huang Tzu, composer (b. 1904) May 15 — Cao Kun, warlord and politician (b. 1862) June 8 — Tieliang, general in the Qing dynasty and one of the main members of the Royalist Party (b. 1863) September 30 — Tang Shaoyi, 1st Premier of the Republic of China (b. 1862) November 4 — Jiang Baili, military writer, strategist, trainer and army general (b. 1882)
See also List of Chinese films of the 1930s
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