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4
Mei
1919

May Fourth protests challenge foreign control and China’s political elite

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📅 4 Mei 1919 📍 China

Students in Beijing protested the Paris settlement's transfer of Germany's former Shandong privileges to Japan rather than returning them to China. The demonstrations broadened into strikes, boycotts, and a cultural and political movement involving workers, merchants, and intellectuals. Participants opposed imperial coercion abroad and political collaboration at home, linking national sovereignty to wider demands for social change.

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🔖 Marká

Personanan den e suseso aki

Beijing student demonstrators

Chen Duxiu

Cai Yuanpei

Organisashonnan den e Evento aki

Peking University

National Student Union

Chinese government