Wusi Yundong

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Wusi Yundong is the Chinese name for the May Fourth Movement, a landmark 1919 student-led protest and cultural-political movement in China that championed modernization, anti-imperialism, and intellectual reform.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural movement
historical event
political movement
protest movement
student movement
associatedWithConcept Mr. Democracy
Mr. Science
centerOfActivity Peking University
commemoratedOn May Fourth Movement
surface form: May Fourth
country China
hasAbbreviation May Fourth Movement
surface form: 五四
hasChineseName 五四运动
hasEnglishName May Fourth Movement
historicalContext Treaty of Versailles
surface form: Treaty of Versailles negotiations

aftermath of World War I
ideologicalFeature New Culture Movement ideals
critique of Confucian tradition
embrace of science and rationalism
promotion of individualism
promotion of vernacular Chinese
influenced Chinese Communist movement
Chinese intellectual history
Chinese nationalism
modern Chinese literature
language Chinese
legacy catalyst for political radicalization in China
symbol of Chinese youth activism
turning point in modern Chinese history
location Beijing
mainCause opposition to transfer of Shandong to Japan
protest against the Treaty of Versailles
mainParticipants Chinese students
intellectuals
opposedTo Japanese expansionism
imperialism
warlordism
protestForm boycotts of Japanese goods
strikes
student demonstrations
relatedMovement New Culture Movement
sloganOrGoal anti-feudalism
democracy
national independence
scientific modernization
startDate 1919-05-04
startYear 1919

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May Fourth Movement alsoKnownAs Wusi Yundong