May Fourth Incident

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historical event political protest student protest

The May Fourth Incident refers to the 1919 student-led protests in Beijing that sparked the broader May Fourth Movement, a pivotal moment in modern Chinese political and cultural history.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
May Fourth Demonstrations	1
May Fourth Incident canonical	1
May Fourth Protests	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical event ⓘ political protest ⓘ student protest ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	May Fourth Incident ⓘ surface form: May Fourth Demonstrations May Fourth Incident ⓘ surface form: May Fourth Protests
cause	Chinese public anger at imperialism ⓘ Treaty of Versailles ⓘ perceived weakness of the Beiyang government ⓘ transfer of German concessions in Shandong to Japan ⓘ
commemoratedOn	May Fourth Movement ⓘ surface form: May Fourth
commemoration	Youth Day in China ⓘ
country	China ⓘ
date	1919-05-04 ⓘ
hasLanguage	Chinese ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Republic of China era ⓘ
influenced	New Culture Movement ⓘ surface form: Chinese New Culture Movement founding of the Chinese Communist Party ⓘ modern Chinese literature ⓘ rise of Marxism in China ⓘ
location	Beijing ⓘ Peking University ⓘ Tiananmen Square ⓘ surface form: Tiananmen
mainParticipants	Beijing university students ⓘ Chinese students ⓘ
movementType	anti-imperialist movement ⓘ cultural movement catalyst ⓘ patriotic movement ⓘ
opposedBy	Beiyang Government ⓘ surface form: Beiyang government
organizedBy	student associations in Beijing ⓘ
partOf	May Fourth Movement ⓘ
result	arrest of student leaders ⓘ boycott of Japanese goods in China ⓘ growth of anti-imperialist sentiment in China ⓘ nationwide student demonstrations ⓘ pressure on Chinese delegation not to sign the Treaty of Versailles ⓘ radicalization of Chinese intellectuals ⓘ strengthening of Chinese nationalism ⓘ
significance	symbol of Chinese youth activism ⓘ turning point in modern Chinese cultural history ⓘ turning point in modern Chinese political history ⓘ
slogan	Fight for sovereignty externally, get rid of national traitors at home ⓘ Refuse to sign the Treaty of Versailles ⓘ
targeted	Cao Rulin ⓘ Zhang Zongxiang ⓘ pro-Japanese Chinese officials ⓘ
year	1919 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

May Fourth Movement → alsoKnownAs → May Fourth Incident ⓘ

May Fourth Incident → alsoKnownAs → May Fourth Incident ⓘ

this entity surface form: May Fourth Demonstrations

May Fourth Incident → alsoKnownAs → May Fourth Incident ⓘ

this entity surface form: May Fourth Protests