Events in the year 1942 in China.
Incumbents President: Lin Sen Premier: Chiang Kai-shek Vice Premier: Kung Hsiang-hsi
Events Beginning of the Chinese famine of 1942-43 April 26 - a gas and coal dust explosion in the Benxihu Colliery killed 1,549 miners. mid May-early September - Zhejiang-Jiangxi Campaign A cholera epidemic in Yunnan province kills around 200 peopleSARS in China: Prelude to Pandemic?, By Arthur Kleinman, James L. Watson, p. 10
Births January January 16 — Zhao Zhongxiang, news anchor (d. 2020)
February Huang Zhiquan, former Governor of Jiangxi Province
March March 10 — Li Zhilun, 6th Minister of Supervision of China (d. 2007) Ablet Abdureshit, 8th Chairman of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
April April 28 — Lu Yongxiang, mechanical engineer and politician April 30 — James Soong, Taiwanese politician
July July 6 — Wang Zhizhen, biophysicist July 13 — Yueh Hua, Hong Kong actor (d. 2018) Guo Boxiong, former general of the People's Liberation Army Huang Baosheng, scholar of Sanskrit and Pali (d. 2023)
September 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 October 5 He Xiangjian, co-founder of Midea Wang Gang, politician
November November 3 — Liu Qi, 11th Secretary of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party November 21 — Chen Zhili, politician Chen Guidi, writer
December 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 Chen Jialin, film director (d. 2022)
Deaths January 22 — Xiao Hong, writer (b. 1911) February 12 — Zhao Shangzhi, military commander (b. 1908) May 25 — Zuo Quan, senior staff officer in the Eighth Route Army (b. 1905) 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) August 14 — Tan Yuling, concubine of China's last emperor Puyi (b. 1920) October 13 — Hong Yi, monk, artist and musician (b. 1880) December 9 — Dwarkanath Kotnis, Indian physician regarded as an example for Sino-Indian friendship and collaboration (b. 1910)
See also List of Chinese films of the 1940s
References