Events in the year 1896 in China.
Incumbents Guangxu Emperor (22nd year)
Events By 1896, China showed interest in Aksai Chin, reportedly a result of Russian instigation. February — Russo-Chinese Bank, opened a Shanghai branch. August 28 — The Chinese government partnered with the Russo-Chinese Bank to construct the China Eastern Railway. The bank was renamed Sino-Russian Righteousness Victory Bank (Traditional Chinese: 華俄道勝銀行). Dungan Revolt (1895–96), a rebellion of various Chinese Muslim ethnic groups in Qinghai and Gansu against the Qing dynasty
Births January 4 — Chen Tanqiu, politician and founding member of the Chinese Communist Party (d. 1943) January 9 — Mao Yisheng, structural engineer and social activist (d. 1989) February 18 — Li Linsi, educator, diplomat and scholar (d. 1970) March 16 — Liu Haisu, painter and art educator (d. 1994) March 19 — Luo Zhuoying, nationalist general (d. 1961) March 22 — He Long, communist revolutionary and a Marshal of the People's Republic of China (d. 1969) March 26 — Fu Ssu-nien, historian, linguist and writer (d. 1950) April 3 — Mao Zemin, communist revolutionary (d. 1943) May 16 — Hu Zongnan, nationalist general (d. 1962) June 2 — Li Weihan, communist politician (d. 1984) July 4 — Mao Dun, novelist, essayist, journalist, playwright, literary and cultural critic (d. 1981) July 12 — Li Ji, archaeologist (d. 1979) July 30 — Luo Longji, politician and intellectual (d. 1965) August 17 — Deng Zihui, communist revolutionary and one of the influential leaders of the People's Republic of China (d. 1972) September 2 — Zhang Fakui, 3rd Commander-in-Chief of the Republic of China Army (d. 1980) September 10 — Ye Ting, military officer (d. 1946) September 22 — Yu Hanmou, 2nd Commander-in-Chief of the Republic of China Army (d. 1981) October 11 — Wang Ruofei, high-ranking member of the Chinese Communist Party (d. 1946) October 22 — Peng Pai, pioneer of the Chinese agrarian movement and a leading revolutionary in the Chinese Communist Party (d. 1929) December 7 — Yu Dafu, short story writer and poet (d. 1945) December 26 — Xue Yue, nationalist general (d. 1998)
Deaths January 12 — Liu Mingchuan, military general and politician (b. 1836) April 23 — Wu Xun, educational reformer (b. 1838) June 17 — Wanzhen, consort of Yixuan (b. 1841)
Unknown dates Xu Gu, painter and poet (b. 1824) Ren Bonian, painter (b. 1840) Gu Yun, master landscape artist (b. 1835) Liu Shiduan, leader of the Big Swords Society (b. 1853)
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