1927 in China

Events in the year 1927 in China.

Incumbents

 * President of the Republic of China:
 * V. K. Wellington Koo(署理) ( 1 October 1926 – 16 June 1927 )
 * Premier of the Republic of China:
 * V. K. Wellington Koo ( 1 October 1926 – 16 June 1927 )
 * Pan Fu ( 18 June 1927 – 2 June 1928 )

March

 * 21–27 March – Nanking Incident

April

 * 3 April – Hankou Incident
 * 12 April – Shanghai massacre
 * 15 April – Whampoa Military Academy purge

May

 * 22 May – 1927 Gulang earthquake

July

 * 15 July – Wuhan coup

August

 * 1 August – Nanchang uprising
 * 28–31 August – The Far Eastern Championship Games take place in Shanghai.

September

 * 30 September – Start of Battle of Shantou

October

 * 1 October – End of Battle of Shantou

December

 * 1 December – Marriage of Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Mei-ling in Shanghai.

Births

 * 5 March – Wang You-theng, Taiwanese entrepreneur (d. 2016)
 * 18 March – Chang Jen-hu, Taiwanese geographer (d. 2019)
 * 28 March – Chin Kung, Chinese Buddhist monk and scholar (d. 2022)
 * 19 August – Hsing Yun, Chinese Buddhist monk and teacher (d. 2023)
 * 22 August – Ye Zhengda, Chinese politician and engineer (d. 2017)
 * 19 December – Gao Yaojie, Chinese gynaecologist (d. 2023)
 * 26 December – Lin Hu, Chinese general (d. 2018)

Date unknown

 * Fan Wanzhang, Chinese fying ace (d. 1952)

Deaths

 * 31 March – Kang Youwei
 * 28 April – Li Dazhao
 * 23 May – Tang Jiyao
 * 2 June – Wang Guowei
 * 19 July – Zhao Shiyan
 * 11 November – Wang Hebo
 * 12 December – Zhang Tailei