1939 in China

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See also:	Other events of 1939; History of China • Timeline • Years

Events in the year 1939 in China.

Incumbents[]

President: Lin Sen
Premier: H.H. Kung (until December 11), Chiang Kai-shek (from December 11)
Vice Premier: Chang Ch'ün (until December 11), Kung Hsiang-hsi (from December 11)
Foreign Minister: Wang Ch'ung-hui

Events[]

January[]

January - The British Hong Kong Government had announced that it will ban the export of weapons and ammunition to the Republic of China via the land boundary of Hong Kong.^[1]

February[]

February - Hainan Island Operation
February 21 - Shenzhen and Lo Wu were bombed by Japanese army, 30 people were killed or injured, Japanese government paid 20,000 HK$ to the British Hong Kong government.^[2]
February - The Hong Kong Government negotiated with the Japanese army, resume shipping between Hong Kong and Guangzhou.^[1]

March[]

March 17-May 9 - Battle of Nanchang
March - Battle of Xiushui River

April[]

April 20-May 24 - Battle of Suixian–Zaoyang

June[]

June - Swatow Operation
June 14-August 20 - Tientsin Incident

September[]

September 13-October 8 - Battle of Changsha (1939)

December[]

This month, Chongqing National Government required the assembly of four commercial transport aircraft provided by US companies in Hong Kong, which was rejected by the British Hong Kong Government.^[1]

Births[]

February 19 – Erin Pizzey, author and founder of the first domestic violence shelter in the modern world^[3]
February 28 - Daniel C. Tsui
July - Zeng Qinghong

Deaths[]

February 21 – Yu Xiusong, an early member of the Communist Party of China.
December 4 – Wu Peifu

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c 湯開建蕭國健陳佳榮 (1998). 《香港6000年（遠古－1997）》. 麒麟書業有限公司. p. 頁500. ISBN 9622321232.(in Chinese)
^ "日機狂炸深圳羅湖英政府已提抗議是役死傷平民百餘印警一名遭難日機兩架昨日又來偵察但未投彈". 第弍張第叁頁. 1939-02-23.(in Chinese)
^ World Whos Who of Women 1990/91. July 1990. ISBN 9780948875106.

[香港6000年（遠古－1997）-1] 湯開建蕭國健陳佳榮 (1998). 《香港6000年（遠古－1997）》. 麒麟書業有限公司. p. 頁500. ISBN 9622321232.(in Chinese)

[2] "日機狂炸深圳羅湖英政府已提抗議是役死傷平民百餘印警一名遭難日機兩架昨日又來偵察但未投彈". 第弍張第叁頁. 1939-02-23.(in Chinese)

[3] World Whos Who of Women 1990/91. July 1990. ISBN 9780948875106.

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