May Fourth Movement

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intellectual movement political movement student movement

The May Fourth Movement was a landmark 1919 Chinese intellectual and political movement led largely by students, which protested foreign imperialism and traditional culture while promoting nationalism, science, and democracy.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
May Fourth Movement canonical	29
May Fourth	2
Hunan student movement	1
May Fourth Movement origins (Qingdao, Shandong issue)	1
May Fourth intellectual movement	1
May Fourth intellectual trends	1
May Fourth intellectuals	1
五四	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	intellectual movement ⓘ political movement ⓘ student movement ⓘ
aftermath	dismissal of pro-Japanese officials in Beijing government ⓘ refusal of Chinese delegation to sign Treaty of Versailles ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	May Fourth Incident ⓘ Wusi Yundong ⓘ
cause	Shandong Problem ⓘ Treaty of Versailles ⓘ foreign imperialism in China ⓘ weak response of Beiyang government ⓘ
chronology	early Republican era of China ⓘ
country	China ⓘ
followed	New Culture Movement ⓘ
hasEffect	delegitimization of the Beiyang government ⓘ growth of anti-imperialist sentiment ⓘ rise of Marxism in China ⓘ spread of vernacular Chinese (baihua) ⓘ
hasTheme	anti-imperialism ⓘ cultural reform ⓘ modernization ⓘ national salvation ⓘ
influenced	Chinese Communist Party ⓘ Chinese nationalism in the 20th century ⓘ Chinese vernacular language reform ⓘ New Culture Movement ⓘ modern Chinese literature ⓘ
language	Chinese ⓘ
location	Beijing ⓘ Tiananmen Square ⓘ
namedAfter	4 May 1919 demonstrations ⓘ
opposed	imperialist powers ⓘ traditional Confucian culture ⓘ warlordism in China ⓘ
participant	Chinese intellectuals ⓘ Chinese university students ⓘ merchants ⓘ urban workers ⓘ
partOf	Chinese Revolution ⓘ surface form: Chinese Revolution (1911–1949)
pointInTime	1919 ⓘ
promoted	Chinese nationalism ⓘ democracy ⓘ science ⓘ
significantEvent	boycott of Japanese goods in China ⓘ nationwide strikes and protests ⓘ student demonstrations in Beijing on 1919-05-04 ⓘ
slogan	Mr. Democracy ⓘ Mr. Science ⓘ
startTime	1919-05-04 ⓘ

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