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1958 in China

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Centuries:
  
18th 19th 20th 21st

1958 in China

Decades:
  
1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s

Events in the year 1958 in the People's Republic of China.

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Incumbents

  • Chairman of the Communist Party of China: Mao Zedong
  • President of the People's Republic of China: Mao Zedong
  • Premier of the People's Republic of China: Zhou Enlai
  • Chairman of the National People's Congress: Liu Shaoqi
  • Vice President of the People's Republic of China: Zhu De

    • Events

  • February 11 – Marshal Chen Yi succeeds Premier Zhou Enlai as Chinese Minister of Foreign affairs.
  • May 23 – Chairman Mao Zedong started his "Great Leap Forward" movement in the People's Republic of China.
  • July 31 – Chinese–Tibet Uprising.
  • August 23 – Chinese Civil War: The Second Taiwan Strait crisis begins with the People's Liberation Army's bombardment of Quemoy.

    • Deaths

  • March 9 – Cheng Yanqiu, Chinese opera singer (born 1904)

    • References

    1958 in China Wikipedia
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