1942 in China
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Events in the year 1942 in China.
Incumbents
- President: Lin Sen
- Premier: Chiang Kai-shek
- Vice Premier: Kung Hsiang-hsi
Events
- Beginning of the Chinese famine of 1942-43
- April 26 - a gas and coal dust explosion in the Benxihu Colliery killed 1,549 miners.
- mid May-early September - Zhejiang-Jiangxi Campaign
- A cholera epidemic in Yunnan province kills around 200 people
Births
- December 21 - Hu Jintao
- Chen Jialin
- Huang Baosheng
- Wang Zhizhen
- He Xiangjian
- Chen Guidi
- Huang Zhiquan
Deaths
- Zhao Shangzhi
- May 27 - Chen Duxiu
See also