Chronology of Catholic Dioceses:China

See a list of abbreviations used in this list. See also our listing of current ecclesial jurisdictions.

Regarding Macau:
1514: Funchal (established by the Portuguese, see footnote) - Portugal
1533: Goa (D, established from Funchal) - India
1558: Malacca (D, detached from Goa) - Malaysia
1576: Macau (D, detached from Malacca) - Macau (China)
Regarding Szechwan:
1659: Tonking (AV, detached from Macau) - Vietnam
Regarding Lhasa:
1637: Idalcan / Deccan / Bijapur (AV, erected by the "Propaganda Fide", detached from Goa) - India
1669: Great Mogul (AV, new name, previously Idalcan / Deccan / Bijapur AV) - India
1704: Tibet (AP, detached from Great Mogul AV) - (Tibet) Nepal, China, etc.
1769: Tibet (AP, suppressed, incorporated in Great Mogul AV) - (Tibet) Nepal, China, etc.
1784: Hindustan (Miss. "sui iuris", detached from Great Mogul AV) - India
1820: Tibet-Hindustan (AV, and new name, previously Hindustan) - India, China, Nepal, etc.
Regarding Ilan:
1831: Corea (AV, separated from Peking) - Korea
1911: Seoul / Seul (AV, new name, previously Corea AV) - Korea
1920: Wonsan (AV, separated from Seoul) - Korea
1307: Cambalue (Peking [Beijing]) (AD) - China
1313: Zaitun / Zeiton / Zaitoun (Chuanchow [Quanzhou], detached from Cambalue) - China
1320~: Ili-baluc - (Central Asia, destroyed after very short time) China, Kazakhstan
1362: Zaitun / Zeiton / Zaitoun (Chuanchow [Quanzhou]) (abandoned, last bishop martyred 1362) - China
1375-1385: Cambalue (Peking [Beijing]) (AD, abandoned, bishop captured by the Turks in 1375, died in Italy in 1385) - China
1576: Macau / Macao (D, detached from Malacca) - Macau (China)
1660: Nanking [Nanjing] (AV, detached from Macau) - China
1680: Szechwan [Sichuan] (AV, detached from Tonking AV) - China
1690: Nanking [Nanjing] - China
1690: Peking [Beijing] (detached from Macau) - China
1696: Chekiang [Zhejiang] (AV, detached from Nanking) - China
1696: Fukien [Fujian] (AV, detached from Nanking) - China
1696: Hukwang (AV, detached from Nanking) - China
1696: Kiangsi [Jiangxi] (AV, detached from Nanking) - China
1696: Kweichow [Guizhou] (AV, detached from Nanking) - China
1696: Shansi [Shanxi] (AV, detached from Peking) - China
1696: Shensi [Shaanxi] (AV, detached from Peking) - China
1696: Yunnan (AV, detached from Nanking) - China
1737: Kweichow [Guizhou] (AV, suppressed, territory incorporated in Szechwan [Sichuan]) - China
1762: Hukwang, Shansi [Shanxi] and Shensi [Shaanxi] (AV, combination of three AV) - China
1781: Yunnan (AV, suppressed, territory incorporated in Szechwan [Sichuan] AV) - China
1790: Fukien, Chekiang and Kiangsi [[Fujian, Zhejiang and Jiangxi] (AV, combination of three AV) - China
1838: Chekiang and Kiangsi [[Zhejiang and Jiangxi] (AV, detached from Fukien, Chekiang and Kiangsi [Fujian, Zhejiang and Jiangxi] AV) - China
1838: Fukien [Fujian] (AV, detached from Fukien, Chekiang and Kiangsi [Fujian, Zhejiang and Jiangxi] AV) - China
1838: Hukwang (AV, by division of Hukwang and Shansi [Shanxi] AV) - China
1838: Shansi [Shanxi] (AV, by division of Hukwang and Shansi [Shanxi] AV) - China
1838: Liaotung (AV, detached from Peking) - China
1839: Shantung [Shandong] (AV, detached from Peking) - China
1840: Liaotung and Manchuria (AV, new name, previously Liaotung) - China
1840: Kansu [Gansu] (AV, detached from Liaotung) - China
1840: Mongolia (AV, detached from Liaotung) - China
1840: Yunnan (AV, detached from Szechwan [Sichuan] AV) - China
1841: Shensi [Shaanxi] (AV, detached from Shansi [Shanxi] AV) - China
1841: Hong Kong [Xianggang] (AP, detached from Macau) - Hong Kong (China)
1844: Kansu [Gansu] (suppressed, territory incorporated in Shensi [Shaanxi] AV) - China
1845: Chekiang [Zhejiang] (AV, new name, previously Chekiang and Kiangsi [[Zhejiang and Jiangxi] AV) - China
1845: Kiangsi [Jiangxi] (AV, detached from Chekiang and Kiangsi [Zhejiang and Jiangxi] AV) - China
1846: Kweichow [Guizhou] (AV, detached from Szechwan) - China
1846: Lhasa / Tibet (AV, detached from Tibet-Hindustan AV) - Tibet (China))
1850: Lhasa-Assam (AV, new name, previously Lhasa) - (Tibet, India) India, Bhutan, China
1856: Peking [Beijing] (suppressed) - China
1856: Northern Chi-li / Celi (AV, erected from the extinct D Peking) - China
1856: Southwestern Chi-li /Celi (AV, erected from the extinct D Peking) - China
1856: Southeastern Chi-li /Celi (AV, erected from the extinct D Peking) - China
1856: Kiangnan or Nanking [Nanjing] (AV, previously Nanking D) - China
1856: Honan [Henan] (AV, detached from Nanking) - China
1856: Hunan [Hunan] (AV, by division of Hukwang AV) - China
1856: Hupeh [Hubei] (AV, by division of Hukwang AV) - China
1856: Kwangtung [Guangdong] (AP, detached from Macau) - China
1856: Northern Manchuria (AV, detached from Liaotung and Manchuria) - China
1856: Southern Manchuria (AV, new name, previously Liaotung and Manchuria) - China
1856: Northwestern Szechwan [Sichuan] (AV, new name, previously Szechwan AV) - China
1856: Southeastern Szechwan [Sichuan] (AV, detached from Szechwan AV) - China
1858: Lhasa (AV, new name, previously Lhasa-Assam) - (Tibet) China
1860: Eastern Szechwan [Sichuan] (AV, new name, previously Southeastern Szechwan AV) - China
1860: Southern Szechwan [Sichuan] (AV, detached from Southeastern Szechwan AV) - China
1869: Northern Honan [Henan] (AV, detached from Honan [Henan]) - China
1870: Eastern Hupeh [Hubei] (AV, new name, previously Hupeh [Hubei] AV) - China
1870: Northwestern Hupeh [Hubei] (AV, detached from Hupeh [Hubei] AV) - China
1870: Southern Hupeh [Hubei] (AV, detached from Hupeh [Hubei] AV) - China
1870: Western Hupeh [Hubei] (AV, detached from Hupeh [Hubei] AV) - China
1874: Hong Kong [Xianggang] (AV) - Hong Kong (China)
1875: Kwangsi [Guangxi] (AP, detached from Kwangtung [Guangdong]) - China
1878: Kansu [Gansu] (AV, detached from Shensi [Shaanxi] AV) - China
1879: Southern Hunan [Hunan] (AV, new name, after division of Hunan AV) - China
1879: Northern Hunan [Hunan] (AV, detached from Hunan AV) - China
1879: Northern Kiangsi [Jiangxi] (AV, new name, previously Kiangsi [Jiangxi] AV) - China
1879: Southern Kiangsi [Jiangxi] (AV, detached from Kiangsi [Jiangxi] AV) - China
1882: Southern Honan [Henan] (AV, new name, previously Honan [Henan]) - China
1882: Western Honan [Henan] (AP, detached from Honan [Henan]) - China
1883: Amoy / Hsiamen [Xiamen] (AV, detached from Fukien [Fujian]) - China
1883: Central Mongolia (AV, by division of Mongolia) - China
1883: Southwestern Mongolia (AV, by division of Mongolia) - China
1883: Eastern Mongolia (AV, by division of Mongolia) - China
1885: Eastern Kiangsi [Jiangxi] (AV, detached from Northern Kiangsi [Jiangxi] AV) - China
1885: Northern Shantung [Shandong] (AV, new name, previously Shantung [Shandong]) - China
1885: Southern Shantung [Shandong] (AV, detached from Shantung [Shandong]) - China
1887: Northern Shensi [Shaanxi] (AV, new name, after division of Shensi [Shaanxi] AV) - China
1887: Southern Shensi [Shaanxi] (AV, detached from Shensi [Shaanxi] AV) - China
1888: I-li / Kuldja (Mission "sui iuris", detached from Kansu [Gansu] AV) - China
1890: Northern Shansi [Shanxi] (AV, at division of Shansi [Shanxi] AV, new name) - China
1890: Southern Shansi [Shanxi] (AV, after division of Shansi [Shanxi] AV) - China
1894: Eastern Shantung [Shandong] (AV, detached from Northern Shantung [Shandong]) - China
1899: Eastern Chi-li / Celi (AV, detached from Southeastern Chi-li, and maybe Northern Chi-li AV) - China
1905: Northern Kansu [Gansu] (AV, new name, previously Kansu [Gansu] AV) - China
1905: Southern Kansu [Gansu] (AP, detached from Kansu [Gansu] AV) - China
1910: Eastern Chekiang [Zhejiang] (AV, new name, previously Chekiang [Zhejiang]) - China
1910: Western Chekiang [Zhejiang] (AV, detached from Chekiang [Zhejiang]) - China
1910: Central Chi-li / Celi (AV, detached from Northern Chi-li) - China
1910: Kienchang (AV, detached from Southern Szechwan [Sichuan]) - China
1911: Central Shensi [Shaanxi] (AV, detached from Northern Shensi [Shaanxi] AV) - China
1911: Western Honan [Henan] (AV) - China
1912: Coastal Chi-li / Celi (AV, detached from Northern Chi-li) - China
1913: Island of Formosa (AV, detached from Amoy / Hsiamen) - (China) China-Taiwan
1914: Canton [Guangzhou] (AV, and new name, previously Kwangtung [Guangdong] AP) - China
1914: Kiaotsu / Tchaotchion (AV, detached from Kwangtung AP) - China
1914: Kwangsi [Guangxi] (AV) - China
1915: Swatow [Shantou] (AV, new name, previously Kiaotsu) - China
1916: Eastern Honan [Henan] (AV, maybe detached from Southern Honan AV) - China
1920: Fuchow (AV, new name, previously Eastern Kiangsi [Jiangxi] AV) - China
1920: Kanchow [Ganzhou] (AV, detached from Southern Kiangsi [Jiangxi] AV) - China
1920: Kingan (AV, new name, previously Southern Kiangsi [Jiangxi] AV) - China
1920: Kiukiang (AV, new name, previously Northern Kiangsi [Jiangxi] AV) - China
1920: Shiuchow [Shaoguan] (AV, detached from Canton) - China
1920: Western Kwangtung and Hainan (AV, detached from Canton) - China
1921: Kiangsu [Jiangsu] (new name, previously Kiangnan AV) - China
1921: Nganhoei [Anhui] (AV, detached from Kiangnan / Nanking AV) - China
1921: Yükiang [Yujiang] (AV, new name, previously Fuchow) - China
1922: I-li / Kuldja (suppressed, territory to the new AV of Western Kansu [Gansu]) - China
1922: Northern Kansu (suppressed, territory divided between the new AVs of Western Kansu [Gansu], and Eastern Kansu [Gansu]) - China
1922: Southern Kansu (suppressed, territory divided between the new AVs of Western Kansu [Gansu], and Eastern Kansu [Gansu]) - China
1922: Eastern Kansu [Gansu] (AV, territories from the suppressed jurisdictions of Northern Kansu [Gansu], and Southern Kansu [Gansu]) - China
1922: Western Kansu [Gansu] (AV, territories from the suppressed jurisdictions of I-li, Northern Kansu [Gansu], and Southern Kansu [Gansu]) - China
1922: Lanlung [Anlong] (AP, detached from Kwangsi [Guangxi], and from Kweichow [Guizhou]) - China
1922: Nanking [Nanjing] (AV, new name, previously Kiangsu [Jiangsu]) - China
1922: Ningsia (AV, detached from Southwestern Mongolia AV) - China
1922: Suiyüan / Kuei Sui [Hohot] (AV, new name, previously Southwestern Mongolia AV) - China
1922: Tatungfu (AP, detached from Northern Shansi [Shanxi] AV) - China
1922: Tichagar (AV, and new name, previously Central Mongolia, AP) - China
1923: Foochow [Fuzhou] (AV, new name, previously Fukien [Fujian] AV) - China
1923: Funingfu (AV, detached from Fukien [Fujian]) - China
1923: Hankow [Hankou] (AV and new name, previously Eastern Hupeh [Hubei] AV) - China
1923: Hanyang [Hanyang] (AP, detached from Eastern Hupeh [Hubei]) - China
1923: Puchi [Puqi] (AP, detached from Eastern Hupeh [Hubei]) - China
1923: Tingchow [Changting] (AP, detached from Fukien [Fujian]) - China
1923: Wuchang [Wuchang] (AP, detached from Eastern Hupeh [Hubei]) - China
1924: Changsha [Changsha] (AV, new name, previously Southern Hunan, AV) - China
1924: Changteh [Changde] (AV, new name, previously Northern Hunan, AV) - China
1924: Chefoo (AV, new name, previously Eastern Shantung [Shandong] AV) - China
1924: Chengchow [Zhengzhou] (AV, new name, previously Western Honan [Henan] AV) - China
1924: Chengtingfu (AV, new name, previously Southwestern Chi-li AV) - China
1924: Chengtu [Chengdu] (AV, new name, previously Northwestern Szechwan [Sichuan] AV) - China
1924: Chungking [Chongqing] (AV, new name, previously Eastern Szechwan [Sichuan] AV) - China
1924: Hanchungfu (AV, new name, previously Southern Shensi [Shaanxi] AV) - China
1924: Hangchow [Hangzhou] (AV, new name, previously Western Chekiang [Zhejiang] AV) - China
1924: Ichang [Yichang] (AV, new name, previously Southern Hupeh [Hubei] AV) - China
1924: Jehol [Jinzhou] (AV, new name, previously Eastern Mongolia AV) - China
1924: Kaifengfu (AV, new name, previously Eastern Honan [Henan] AV) - China
1924: Kianfu (AV, new name, previously Kingan AV) - China
1924: Kirin [Jilin] (AV, new name, previously Northern Manchuria, AV) - China
1924: Kweiyang [Guiyang] (AV, new name, previously Kweichow [Guizhou] AV) - China
1924: Lanchowfu (AV, new name, previously Western Kansu [Gansu] AV) - China
1924: Laohokow [Laohekou] (AV, new name, previously Northwestern Hupeh [Hubei] AV) - China
1924: Luanfu (AV, new name, previously Southern Shansi [Shanxi] AV) - China
1924: Mukden / Fengtien [Shenyang] (AV, new name, previously Southern Manchuria, AV) - China
1924: Nanchang [Nanchang] (AV, new name, previously Kiukiang, AV) - China
1924: Nanning [Nanning] (AV, new name, previously Kwangsi [Guangxi] AV) - China
1924: Nanyangfu [Nanyang] (AV, new name, previously Southern Honan [Henan] AV) - China
1924: Ningpo [Ningbo] (AV, new name, previously Eastern Chekiang [Zhejiang] AV) - China
1924: Ningyüanfu (AV, new name, previously Kienchang, AV) - China
1924: Pakhoi [Beihai] (AV, new name, previously Western Kwangtung and Hainan, AV) - China
1924: Paotingfu (AV, new name, previously Central Chi-li, AV) - China
1924: Peiping / Peking [Beijing] (AV, new name, previously Northern Chi-li, AV) - China
1924: Sianfu (AV, new name, previously Central Shensi [Shaanxi] AV) - China
1924: Sienhsien [Xianxian] (AV, new name, previously Southeastern Chi-li, AV) - China
1924: Siwantze [Chongli-Xiwanzi] (AV, new name, previously Tichagar, AV) - China
1924: Suifu [Yibin] (AV, new name, previously Southern Szechwan [Sichuan] AV) - China
1924: Taiyuanfu (AV, new name, previously Northern Shansi [Shanxi] AV) - China
1924: Tientsin [Tianjin] (AV, new name, previously Coastal Chi-li, AV) - China
1924: Tsinanfu (AV, new name, previously Northern Shantung [Shandong] AV) - China
1924: Tsinchow [Tianshui] (AV, new name, previously Eastern Kansu [Gansu] AV) - China
1924: Weihweifu (AV, new name, previously Northern Honan [Henan] AV) - China
1924: Wuhu / Wufu [Wuhu] (AV, new name, previously Nganhoei [Anhui] AV) - China
1924: Yenanfu / Yennanfu (AV, new name, previously Northern Shensi [Shaanxi] AV) - China
1924: Yenchowfu (AV, new name, previously Southern Shantung, AV) - China
1924: Yüngpingfu (AV, new name, previously Eastern Chi-li, AV) - China
1924: Yünnanfu (AV, new name, previously Yunnan, AV) - China
1924: Kongmoon [Jiangmen] (AP, detached from Canton) - China
1924: Lihsien (AP, detached from Central Chi-li, and from Southwestern Chi-li) - China
1924: Tatsienlu (AV, new name, previously Lhasa / Tibet / Thibet, AV) - Tibet (China)
1925: Shenchow (AV, detached from Changteh [Changde] AV) - China
1925: Tsingtao [Qingdao] (AP, detached from Yenchowfu AV) - China
1925: Yungchowfu / Yungchow [Lingling] (AP, detached from Changsha) - China
1926: Fenyang [Fenyang] (AV, detached from Taiyuanfu AV) - China
1926: Haimen [Haimen] (AV, detached from Nanking) - China
1926: Shohchow [Shuoxian] (AP, detached from Taiyuanfu AV) - China
1926: Süanhwafu (AV, detached from Peking AV) - China
1926: Taichow [Linhai] (AV, detached from Ningpo) - China
1927: Hanyang [Hanyang] (AV) - China
1927: Kongmoon [Jiangmen] (AV) - China
1927: Lanlung [Anlong] (AV) - China
1927: Sinyangchow (AP, detached from Kaifeng AV, and from Nanchang AV) - China
1928: Tsingtao [Qingdao] (AV) - China
1928: Harbin [Harbin] [Russ-.Byz. and all Oriental Rite Catholics in all China] (ExAp) - China
1928: Hinganfu [Ankang] (AP, detached from Hanchungfu, and from Sianfu) - China
1928: Ilan (Mission "sui iuris", detached from Wonsan) - China
1928: Kweiteh [Shangqiu] (AP, detached from Kaifengfu) - China
1928: Tsitsihar [Qiqihar] (Mission "sui iuris", detached from Kirin, and from Jehol) - China
1928: Yenki [Yanji] (AP, detached from Wonsan [in Korea]) - China
1929: Ankwo [Ankuo] (AV, and new name, previously Lihsien AP) - China
1929: Anking [Anqing] (AV, detached from Wuhu [Wuhu] AV) - China
1929: Changtien (Mission "sui iuris", detached from Tsinanfu) - China
1929: Chaohsien [Zhaoxian] (AP, detached from Chengtingfu) - China
1929: Hainan [Hainan] (Mission "sui iuris", detached from Pakhoi) - China
1929: Hwangchow (Mission "sui iuris", detached from Hankow) - China
1929: Loyang [Luoyang] (AP, detached from Chengchow) - China
1929: Kaying [Meixian] (AP, detached from Swatow) - China
1929: Pengpu [Bengbu] (AV, detached from Wuhu [Wuhu]) - China
1929: Shaowu [Shaowu] (Mission "sui iuris", detached from Foochow AV) - China
1929: Shunkingfu (AV, detached from Chengtu) - China
1929: Szepingkai [Siping] (AP, detached from Mukden, and from Jehol) - China
1929: Tali [Dali] (Mission "sui iuris", detached from Yünnanfu) - China
1929: Tsining [Jining] (AV, detached from Siwantze) - China
1929: Wanhsien [Wanxian] (AV, detached from Chungking) - China
1929: Yachow (AP, detached from Suifu) - China
1929: Yihsien [Yixian] (Mission "sui iuris", detached from Paotingfu, and from Peking) - China
1929: Yüngnien [Weixian] (AP, detached from Sienhsien) - China
1930: Sinkiang [Xinjiang-Urumqi] (Mission "sui iuris", detached from Lanchowfu [Gansu] AV) - China
1930: Wuchang [Wuchang] (AV) - China
1930: Hengchow [Hengyang] (AV, detached from Changsha) - China
1930: Pingliang [Pingliang] (AP, detached from Tsinchow AV) - China
1930: Wuchow [Wuzhou] (Mission "sui iuris", detached from Nanning AV) - China
1931: Tsitsihar [Qiqihar] (AP) - China
1931: Chuchow (AP, detached from Ningpo) - China
1931: Harbin [Harbin] (AA, detached from Sibiria AV for Russian parishes in Sibiria) - China
1931: Iduhsien [Yudixian] (AP, detached from Chefoo) - China
1931: Kienningfu (Mission "sui iuris", detached from Foochow) - China
1931: Lichow [Lixian] (AP, detached from Changteh) - China
1931: Lintsing [Linqing] (AP, detached from Tsinanfu) - China
1931: Sanyüan [Sanyuan] (AP, detached from Sianfu) - China
1931: Süchow / Suchow [Xuzhou] (AP, detached from Nanking) - China
1931: Tali [Dali] (AP) - China
1931: Tungchow [Tongzhou] (Mission "sui iuris", detached from Sianfu) - China
1931: Weihaiwei [Weihai] (Mission "sui iuris", detached from Chefoo) - China
1931: Yochow [Yueyang] (AP, detached from Changteh) - China
1931: Yütze [Yuci] (AV, detached from Taiyuanfu) - China
1932: Changtien (AP) - China
1932: Chaoshien (AV) - China
1932: Hwangchow (AP, previously Mission "sui iuris") - China
1932: Shohchow [Shuoxian] (AV) - China
1932: Tatungfu (AV) - China
1932: Chihfeng [Chifeng] (AV, detached from Jehol) - China
1932: Chowchich [Zhouzhi] (AP, detached from Sianfu) - China
1932: Fongsiangfu (AP, detached from Sianfu) - China
1932: Fushun [Fushun] (AP, detached from Mukden) - China
1932: Hungtung [Hongdong] (AP, detached from Luanfu) - China
1932: Kienchangfu (AP, detached from Yükiang AV) - China
1932: Shihtsien [Shiqian] (Mission "sui iuris", detached from Kweiyang AV) - China
1933: Sinyangchow (AV) - China
1933: Yachow (AV) - China
1933: Yüngnien [Weixian] (AV) - China
1933: Chumatien [Zhumadian] (AP, detached from Nanyangfu, and from Sinyangchow) - China
1933: Shanghai [Shanghai] (AV, detached from Nanking) - China
1933: Shuntehfu (AP, detached from Chengtingfu) - China
1933: Yangku [Yanggu] (AP, detached from Yenchowfu) - China
1934: Szepingkai [Siping] (AV) - China
1934: Wuchow [Wuzhou] (AP) - China
1934: Yüanling / Shenchow [Yuanling] (AV, and additional name, previously merely Shenchow AV) - China
1934: Tsaochowfu (AV, detached from Yenchowfu) - China
1935: Kaying [Meixian] (AV) - China
1935: Loyang [Luoyang] (AV) - China
1935: Süchow [Xuzhou] (AV) - China
1935: Tungchow [Tongzhou] (AP) - China
1935: Yihsien [Yixian] (AP) - China
1935: Chaotung [Zhaodong] (AP, detached from Yünnanfu) - China
1935: Taming [Daming] (AP, detached from Sienhsien) - China
1936: Hainan [Hainan] (AP) - China
1936: Kichow [Qichun] (AV, and new name, previously Hwangchow, AP, and part of Anking) - China
1936: Kiangchow (Xinjiang] (AP, detached from Luanfu) - China
1936: Shasi [Shashi] (AP, detached from Ichang) - China
1936: Siangyang [Xiangyang] (AV, detached from Laohokow) - China
1936: Sinsiang [Xinxiang] (AP, detached from Weihweifu) - China
1937: Chowtsun [Zhoucun] (AV, and new name, previously Changtien, AP) - China
1937: Kiamusze [Jiamusi] (Mission "sui iuris", new name, previously Ilan) - China
1937: Kweiteh [Shangqiu] (AV) - China
1937: Lishui [Lishui] (AP, new name, previously Chuchow AP) - China
1937: Shihtsien [Shiqian] (AP) - China
1937: Sining [Xining] (AP, detached from Lanchowfu) - China
1937: Yenki [Yanji] (AV) - Manchuria / China
1937: Ichowfu (AV, detached from Tsingtao) - China
1937: Lintung [Lintong] (AP, detached from Szepingkai) - China
1937: Suihsien [Suixian] (AP, detached from Hankow) - China
1937: Siangtan [Xiangtan] (AP, detached from Changsha) - China
1937: Tunki [Tunqi] (AP, detached from Wuhu [Wuhu]) - China
1938: Kiating [Leshan] (new name, previously Yachow AV) - China
1938: Kienow [Jian'ou] (AV, and new name, previously Kienningfu, Mission) - China
1938: Nancheng [Nancheng] (AV, new name, previously Kienchangfu AP) - China
1938: Shaowu [Shaowu] (AP) - China
1938: Sinkiang [Xinjiang-Urumqi] (AP) - China
1938: Weihaiwei [Weihai] (AP) - China
1938: Kweilin [Guilin] (AP, detached from Wuchow) - China
1938: Paoking [Baojing] (AP, detached from Yungchowfu) - China
1938: Shihnan [Enshi] (AV, detached from Ichang) - China
1939: Wuchow [Wuzhou] (AV) - China
1939: Yangku [Yanggu] (AV) - China
1939: Kinghsien [Qingxian] (AP, detached from Sienhsien) - China
1940: Fushun [Fushun] (AV) - China
1940: Kiamusze [Jiamusi] (AP) - China
1942: Fongsiangfu (AV) - China
1944: Chumatien [Zhumadian] (AV) - China
1944: Sanyüan [Sanyuan] (AV) - China
1944: Shuntehfu (AV, previously AP) - China
1944: Yütze [Yuci] (AV) - China
1946: Anking [Anqing] (Metr.) - China
1946: Ankwo [Ankuo] (D) - China
1946: Canton [Guangzhou] (Metr.) - China
1946: Changsha [Changsha] (Metr.) - China
1946: Changteh [Changde] - China
1946: Chaohsien [Zhaoxian] - China
1946: Chengchow [Zhengzhou] - China
1946: Chengting [Zhengding] (new name, previously Chengtingfu) - China
1946: Chengtu [Chengdu] - China
1946: Chowtsun [Zhoucun] - China
1946: Chungking [Chongqing] (Metr.) - China
1946: Chumatien [Zhumadian] - China
1946: Fengsiang [Fengxiang] (D, and new name, previously Fongsiangfu AV) - China
1946: Fenyang [Fenyang] - China
1946: Foochow [Fuzhou] (Metr.) - China
1946: Funing [Xiapu] - China
1946: Fushun [Fushun] - China
1946: Haimen [Haimen] - China
1946: Hanchung [Hanzhong] - China
1946: Hangchow [Hangzhou] (Metr.) - China
1946: Hankow [Hankou] (Metr.) - China
1946: Hanyang [Hanyang] - China
1946: Hengchow [Hengyang] - China
1946: Hong Kong [Xianggang] - China
1946: Hsiamen [Xiamen] - China
1946: Ichang [Yichang] - China
1946: Ichow [Linyi] (D, and new name, previously Ichowfu AV) - China
1946: Jehol [Jinzhou] - China
1946: Kaifeng [Kaifeng] (Metr.) - China
1946: Kanchow [Ganzhou] - China
1946: Kangting [Kangding] (D, new name, previously Tatsienlu AV) - China
1946: Kaying [Meixian] - China
1946: Ki-an [Ji'an] (new name, previously Kianfu AV) - China
1946: Kiating [Leshan] - China
1946: Kichow [Qichun] - China
1946: Kirin [Jilin] - China
1946: Kongmoon [Jiangmen] - China
1946: Kunming [Kunming] (Metr., and new name, previously Yünnanfu AV) - China
1946: Kweiteh [Shangqiu] - China
1946: Kweyang / Kweiyang [Guiyang] (Metr.) - China
1946: Lanchow / Kao-Lan [Lanzhou] (Metr., and new name, previously Lanchowfu AV) - China
1946: Lanlung [Anlong] - China
1946: Laohokow [Laohekou] - China
1946: Loyang [Luoyang] - China
1946: Lu An [Changzhi] (D, and new name, previously Luanfu) - China
1946: Mukden / Fengtien [Shenyang] (Metr.) - China
1946: Nanchang [Nanchang] (Metr.) - China
1946: Nancheng [Nancheng] - China
1946: Nanking [Nanjing] (Metr.) - China
1946: Nanning [Nanning] (Metr.) - China
1946: Nanyang [Nanyang] - China
1946: Ning Po / Ningpo [Ningbo] - China
1946: Ningsia (D, and new name, previously Ninghsia AV) - China
1946: Ningyüan [Xichan] (D, and new name, previously Ningyüanfu AV) - China
1946: Pakhoi [Beihai] - China
1946: Paoting [Baoding] - China
1946: Peking [Beijing] (Metr.) - China
1946: Pengpu [Bengbu] - China
1946: Sanyüan [Sanyuan] - China
1946: Shanghai [Shanghai] - China
1946: Shihnan [Enshi] - China
1946: Shiuchow [Shaoguan] - China
1946: Shohchow [Shuoxian] - China
1946: Shunking [Nanchong] - China
1946: Shunteh [Xingtai] (D, and new name, previously Shuntehfu AV) - China
1946: Sian [Xi'an] (Metr. and new name, previously Sianfu AV) - China
1946: Sienhsien [Xianxian] - China
1946: Sinyang [Xinyang] (D, and new name, previously Sinyangchow AV) - China
1946: Siwantze [Chongli-Xiwanzi] - China
1946: Süanhwa [Xuanhua] (D, and new name, previously Süanhwafu AV) - China
1946: Süchow [Xuzhou] - China
1946: Suifu [Yibin] - China
1946: Suiyüan / Kuei Sui [Hohot] (Metr.) - China
1946: Swatow [Shantou] - China
1946: Szepingkai [Siping] - China
1946: Taichow [Linhai] - China
1946: Taiyüan [Taiyuan] (Metr., and new name, previously Taiyuanfu) - China
1946: Tatung [Datong] (D, and new name, previously Tatungfu AV) - China
1946: Tientsin [Tianjin] (D) - China
1946: Tsaochow [Heze] (D, and new name, previously Tsaochowfu AV) - China
1946: Tsinan [Jinan] (Metr., and new name, previously Tsinanfu AV) - China
1946: Tsinchow [Tianshui] - China
1946: Tsingtao [Qingdao] - China
1946: Tsining [Jining] - China
1946: Wanhsien [Wanxian] - China
1946: Weihwei [Jixian] - China
1946: Wuchang [Wuchang] - China
1946: Wuchow [Wuzhou] - China
1946: Wuhu [Wuhu] - China
1946: Yangku [Yanggu] - China
1946: Yenan [Yan'an] (D, and new name, previously Yenanfu AV) - China
1946: Yenchow / Tze-Yang [Yanzhou] (D, and new name, previously Yenchowfu) - China
1946: Yenki [Yanji] - China
1946: Yentai [Yantai] (D, and new name, previously Chefoo AV) - China
1946: Yüanling [Yuanling] - China
1946: Yükiang [Yujiang] - China
1946: Yüngnien [Weixian] - China
1946: Yüngping [Lulong] - China
1946: Yütze [Yuci] - China
1947: Kinghsien [Qingxian] - China
1947: Taming [Daming] - China
1947: Tingchow [Changting] - China
1948: Lishui [Lishui] - China
1948: Tali [Dali] - China
1949: Chihfeng [Chifeng] - China
1949: Kaohsung (AV, new name, previously Island of Formosa AV) - (China) Taiwan-China
1949: Yinkow - China
1949: Haichow [Haizhou] (AP, detached from Shanghai) - China
1949: Soochow [Suzhou] (detached from Shanghai) - China
1949: Taipei (AP, detached from Island of Formosa AV) - (China) China-Taiwan
1949: Yangchow [Yangzhou] (AP, detached from Shanghai) - China
1949: Yingkow [Yingkou] (detached from Mukden) - China
1949: Yungkia / Wenchow [Yongjia] (detached from Ningpo) - China
1950: Hungtung [Hongdong] - China
1950: Pingliang [Pingliang] - China
1950: Taichung (AP, detached from Kaoshiung) - (China) Taiwan-China
1951: Chowchich [Zhouzhi] - China
1951: Puchi [Puqi] - China
1951: Siangyang [Xiangyang] - China
1952: Taipei (Metr.) - Taiwan-China
1952: Hwalien (AP, detached from Kaohsung) - Taiwan-China
1952: Kiayi (AP, detached from Kaohsung) - Taiwan-China
1961: Kaohsiung (D, and new name, previously Kaohsung (AV) - Taiwan-China
1961: Hsinchu (detached from Taipeh) - Taiwan-China
1961: Tainan (detached from Kaohsiung) - Taiwan-China
1962: Kiayi - Taiwan-China
1962: Taichung - Taiwan-China
1963: Hwalien - Taiwan-China

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