1896 in China

• Guangxu Emperor (22nd year) ==Events==

• By 1896, China showed interest in Aksai Chin, reportedly a result of Russian instigation. • February — Russo-Chinese Bank, opened a Shanghai branch. • August 28 — The Chiniese government partnered with the Russo-Chinese Bank to construct the China Eastern Railway. The bank was renamed Sino-Russian Righteousness Victory Bank (Traditional Chinese: 華俄道勝銀行). • Dungan Revolt (1895–96), a rebellion of various Chinese Muslim ethnic groups in Qinghai and Gansu against the Qing dynasty ==Births==

• January 4 — Chen Tanqiu, politician and founding member of the Chinese Communist Party (d. 1943) • January 9 — Mao Yisheng, structural engineer and social activist (d. 1989) • February 18 — Li Linsi, educator, diplomat and scholar (d. 1970) • March 16 — Liu Haisu, painter and art educator (d. 1994) • March 19 — Luo Zhuoying, nationalist general (d. 1961) • March 22 — He Long, communist revolutionary and a Marshal of the People's Republic of China (d. 1969) • March 26 — Fu Ssu-nien, historian, linguist and writer (d. 1950) • April 3 — Mao Zemin, communist revolutionary (d. 1943) • May 16 — Hu Zongnan, nationalist general (d. 1962) • June 2 — Li Weihan, communist politician (d. 1984) • July 4 — Mao Dun, novelist, essayist, journalist, playwright, literary and cultural critic (d. 1981) • July 12 — Li Ji, archaeologist (d. 1979) • July 30 — Luo Longji, politician and intellectual (d. 1965) • August 17 — Deng Zihui, communist revolutionary and one of the influential leaders of the People's Republic of China (d. 1972) • September 2 — Zhang Fakui, 3rd Commander-in-Chief of the Republic of China Army (d. 1980) • September 10 — Ye Ting, military officer (d. 1946) • September 22 — Yu Hanmou, 2nd Commander-in-Chief of the Republic of China Army (d. 1981) • October 11 — Wang Ruofei, high-ranking member of the Chinese Communist Party (d. 1946) • October 22 — Peng Pai, pioneer of the Chinese agrarian movement and a leading revolutionary in the Chinese Communist Party (d. 1929) • December 7 — Yu Dafu, short story writer and poet (d. 1945) • December 26 — Xue Yue, nationalist general (d. 1998) ==Deaths==

• January 12 — Liu Mingchuan, military general and politician (b. 1836) • April 23 — Wu Xun, educational reformer (b. 1838) • June 17 — Wanzhen, consort of Yixuan (b. 1841) Unknown dates • Xu Gu, painter and poet (b. 1824) • Ren Bonian, painter (b. 1840) • Gu Yun, master landscape artist (b. 1835) • Liu Shiduan, leader of the Big Swords Society (b. 1853) ==References==