1, May 4th Movement 19 19 A patriotic movement that took place in Beijing on May 4th, mainly in the form of demonstrations, petitions, strikes and violent confrontation with the government. This is a patriotic movement of China people against imperialism and feudalism.
2. Cause: During the First World War, the European powers were too busy to look east, and the Japanese took the opportunity to strengthen their aggression against China, which seriously damaged China's sovereignty. Japanese people's anti-Japanese sentiment is increasing day by day. 1919110 In October, the victors such as Britain, the United States, France, Japan and Italy held a peace conference with Germany in Paris and decided that Japan would inherit Germany's privileges in Shandong, China.
China is one of the victors who declared war on Germany, but the Beiyang warlord government is ready to accept this decision. The failure of China's diplomacy at this peace conference triggered the great May 4th Movement. After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), May 4th was officially designated as Youth Day by the State Council, the Central People's Government.
The purpose of the May 4th Movement
1, May 4th Movement 19 19 A patriotic movement that took place in Beijing on May 4th, mainly in the form of demonstrations, petitions, strikes and violent confrontation with the government. This is a patriotic movement of China people against imperialism and feudalism.
2. During the First World War, the European powers had no time to look east, and the Japanese took the opportunity to strengthen their aggression against China, which seriously damaged China's sovereignty. Japanese people's anti-Japanese sentiment is increasing day by day. 1919110 In October, the victors such as Britain, the United States, France, Japan and Italy held a peace conference with Germany in Paris and decided that Japan would inherit Germany's privileges in Shandong, China.
China is one of the victors who declared war on Germany, but the Beiyang warlord government is ready to accept this decision. The failure of China's diplomacy at this peace conference triggered the great May 4th Movement. From 19 18 1 to the Paris meeting of 1 the following year, in just two months, China at that time fully explained the law that "weak countries have no diplomacy since ancient times".