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| 1935, Jan. 15–18 |
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| At a conference held in the town of Zunyi (Guizhou province), blame for the defeats leading to the Long March was laid upon the shoulders of Mao's opponents in the CCP leadership, and Mao's position was subsequently strengthened. | 1 |
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| March 23 |
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| The Soviet Union sold to Manzhouguo its interest in the Chinese Eastern Railway after negotiations begun in May 1933. | 2 |
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| April |
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| The government decreed one year of military training for all male high school and college students in order to provide 100,000 reservists each year. | 3 |
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| June 9 |
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| The Japanese army extracted the He-Umezu Accord for withdrawal from Hebei of troops objectionable to the Japanese. | 4 |
| The continuing excessive cost of the occupation of Manzhouguo, in which bandits and irregular guerrillas prevented any durable pacification, led the Japanese army to attempt to force, without actual invasion, the formation of a local puppet Chinese government willing to afford Japan opportunities for the exploitation of resources and markets in north China. Efforts to secure the secession of five provinces (Shandong, Hebei, Shanxi, Chahar, and Suiyuan) had failed. | 5 |
| In the middle of the year, the Long March troops with Mao Zedong linked up with those of Zhang Guotao in northern Sichuan. Although they had been acquaintances for many years, Mao and Zhang never got along well. | 6 |
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| Nov. 24 |
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| An East Hebei Autonomous Council was established between Tongzhou (outside Beijing) and the sea. Japanese goods were smuggled wholesale into China through this area, and narcotics were poured from it upon the world market. | 7 |
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| Dec. 9 |
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| Thousands of student demonstrators in Beijing protested Japan's growing authority in China and the GMD's inaction. When they were suppressed by the GMD police, over 30,000 marched in a sympathetic demonstration the next week. | 8 |
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| Dec. 18 |
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| A Hebei-Chahar Political Council was established at Beijing (Beiping) under Gen. Song Zheyuan (1885–1940), who rendered lip service to the Japanese but made no vital concessions. | 9 |
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