Events in the year 1948 in China.
Incumbents President: Chiang Kai-shek Vice President: Li Zongren Premier: Zhang Qun Vice Premier: Wang Yunwu (until April 24)
Events
April 20 April – 1948 Republic of China presidential election
May 23 May to 19 October – Siege of Changchun
June 17–19 June - Battle of Shangcai
September 12 September to 2 November – Liaoshen Campaign 16–24 September – Battle of Jinan
October 7–15 October – Battle of Jinzhou 10–15 October – Battle of Tashan
November Early November – Boiler and ammunition explosion aboard an unidentified merchant ship evacuating troops of the Republic of China Army from Yingkou for Taiwan.
December 1 December – The People's Bank of China was established in Shijiazhuang, this financial service was transferred to Beijing in 1949.
Births
January 30 January – Wu Den-yih, Vice President of the Republic of China.
March 9 March – Chang Jin-fu, former Governor of Taiwan Province.
April 7 April – Hung Hsiu-chu, Vice President of Legislative Yuan.
May 5 May – Jeffrey Tao, interpreter.
October 4 October – Mao Chi-kuo, former Premier of the Republic of China.
Deaths February 18 — Xu Shoushang, writer and one of the co-authors of the Twelve Symbols national emblem (b. 1883) February 28 — Zhou Fohai, politician (b. 1897) March 3 — Liu Kan, nationalist general (b. 1906) March 25 — Yoshiko Kawashima, Qing Dynasty royal of the Aisin-Gioro clan (b. 1907) May 23 — Kong Xianrong, Jilin Provincial Army battalion commander (b. 1881) May 25 — Dong Cunrui, soldier in the People's Liberation Army (b. 1929) August 12 — Zhu Ziqing, poet and essayist (b. 1898) September 1 — Feng Yuxiang, warlord and 1st Minister of War of the Republic of China (b. 1882) November 22 — Huang Baitao, nationalist general (b. 1900) December 27 — Lu Zhiying, intelligence officer of the Chinese Communist Party (b. 1906)
See also List of Chinese films of the 1940s
References