1936 in China
overview of China-related events during the year of 1936
Events from the year 1936 in China.
Incumbents
President: Lin Sen
Premier: Chiang Kai-shek
Vice Premier: Kung Hsiang-hsi
Foreign Minister: Zhang Qun
Events
October–November - Suiyuan Campaign
December 12 - Xi'an Incident
Births
January
January 31 — Zeng Xianyi, professor of legal history (d. 2011)
February
February 20 — Li Mingqi, actress
Zhang Tingyan, 1st Chinese Ambassador to South Korea
Ma Yutao, opera singer and military general
March
March 4 — Xu Qinan, engineer
April
April 18 — Yuan Xingpei, scholar, educator, author and political leader
May
Li Aizhen, scientist
July
July 24 — Yan Huaili, actor (d. 2009)
August
August 9 — Patrick Tse, Hong Kong actor, producer, screenwriter and director
August 27 — Lien Chan, 3rd Chairman of the Kuomintang
September
September 10 — Liu Xingtu, agronomist (d. 2021)
September 18 — Li Tieying, politician
Liu Mingzu, 7th Secretary of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (d. 2022)
October
October 20 — Zhong Nanshan, pulmonologist
November
November 7 — Zheng Zhenyao, film and television actress (d. 2023)
December
December 8 — Zhang Xianliang, novelist, essayist and poet (d. 2014)
December 26 — Han Meilin, artist
Shu Shengyou, 10th Governor of Jiangxi
Unknown dates
Zheng Shuang, woodcut artist
Xia Feiyun, conductor
Deaths
January 5 — Ding Wenjiang, essayist, geologist and writer (b. 1887)
March 19 — Lim Nee Soon, Singaporean banker and businessman (b. 1879)
April 14 — Liu Zhidan, communist military commander (b.
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