The May Fourth Movement, sparked by student protests on June 3, 1919, emerged in response to the Versailles Treaty, which allowed Japan to keep control over Shandong, leading to widespread ...
Explore May 4's key events including the Kent State shootings, Battle of Tewkesbury, Panama Canal start, Thatcher's election, ...
The Chinese Communist Party has long claimed the May Fourth Movement as its own – a founding inspiration, a legitimising origin story.