1918 in China

Incumbents

• President of the Republic of China — Feng Guozhang
• Warlord Era

  Events

January

• January 17 — 'USS Monocacy'' incident was an attack on the American gunboat in January 1918 by Chinese soldiers along the Yangtze River. It was one of many incidents at the time involving armed Chinese firing on foreign vessels.

  February

• January 13 — 1918 Shantou earthquake occurred in Shantou, Kwangtung, Republic of China. It also caused some damage in what was then British Hong Kong.

  March

• March 8 — Wang Yitang and Xu Shuzheng established the Anfu Club.
• March 23 — Duan Qirui resigns as Premier of the Republic of China.

  August

• August 12 — Wang Yitang elect Xu Shichang to the presidency in the 1918 presidential election.

  October

• October 10 — Duan Qirui left as Premier of the Republic of China.