Events from the year 1933 in China.
Incumbents President: Lin Sen Premier: Wang Jingwei Vice Premier: Soong Tse-ven (until November 4), Kung Hsiang-hsi (starting November 4)
Events January 1 - May 31 — Defense of the Great WallBattles of the Great Wall January – March 22 — Fourth Encirclement Campaign against Jiangxi Soviet February 21 - March 1 — Battle of Rehe Battle of Urumqi (1933) May 31 Battle of Aksu (1933) Tanggu Truce June — Kizil massacre July — Battle of Toksun Battle of Sekes Tash August 25 — 1933 Diexi earthquakeChinese earthquake linked to mountain building, The Daily Telegraph, 12 May 2008. September 25 — beginning of the Fifth Encirclement Campaign against Jiangxi Soviet September 26 — Battle of Kashgar (1933) September 28 — Nationalists capture Lichuan from Communists. October 9 — Failure of Communist attack on Xiaoshi. November 12 — Establishment of First East Turkestan Republic November 22 — Fujian Rebellion
Births January January 18 — Kar-Sing Lam, Hong Kong Cantonese opera singer (d. 2016) Wang Senhao, 12th Governor of Shanxi (d. 2022)
February February 16 — Xia Meng, Hong Kong actress and film producer (d. 2016)
April April 3 — Fu Da-ren, Taiwanese basketball player and television presenter (d. 2018)
May May 4 — Ni Zhifu, engineer, inventor and high-ranking politician (d. 2013) May 11 — Nian Weisi, football manager and player May 22 — Chen Jingrun, mathematician (d. 1996) May 23 — Fu Jiamo, professor (d. 2015) May 28 — Ruan Chongwu, 3rd Governor of Hainan
June June 1 — Li Peiyao, politician (d. 1996) June 13 — Grace Chang, Hong Kong actress and singer
July An Qiyuan, 11th Secretary of the Shaanxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (d. 2024)
August Chen Guangyi, 6th Secretary of the Fujian Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Uliji, 6th Chairman of Inner Mongolia (d. 2000)
September September 5 — Lin Wenyue, Taiwanese scholar, writer, translator and professor (d. 2023) September 16 — You Benchang, actor
November November 4 — Charles K. Kao, physicist (d. 2018) November 23 — Huang Qizao, politician (d. 2000) Lu Gongxun, delegate to the 8th National People's Congress and 9th National People's Congress (d. 2023)
December Liu Lianman, mountain climber (d. 2016)
Deaths April 9 — Liang Shiyi, 11th Premier of the Republic of China (b. 1869) April 27 — Cen Chunxuan, politician in the late Qing dynasty and the Republic of China (b. 1861) May 1 — Duan Dechang, member of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (b. 1904) May 6 — Li Ching-Yuen, herbalist, martial artist and tactical advisor May 7 — Zhang Jingyao, general and military governor of Chahar and later Hunan (b. 1881) May 15 — Lu Yongxiang, warlord of the Anhui clique (b. 1867) June 18 — Yang Xingfo, management scholar and activist (b. 1893) August 9 — Timur Beg, Uyghur rebel military leader (b. 1886) September 21 — Deng Zhongxia, important Marxist intellectual and labor movement leader (b. 1894) September 22 — Chen Jiongming, lawyer, military general, revolutionary, federalist and politician (b. 1878) November 20 — Shen Zemin, one of the earliest members of the Chinese Communist Party (b. 1900) November 24 — Hu Weide, politician and diplomat (b. 1863) December 17 — Thubten Gyatso, 13th Dalai Lama (b. 1876) December 28 — Du Xigui, naval officer (b. 1874)
Dates unknown Zhao Ti, general (b. 1871)
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