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The 90th Anniversary of May Fourth

May 3, 2009
By C. Custer
The 90th Anniversary of May Fourth

Introduction Tomorrow is the ninetieth anniversary of the student protests-turned-riots in Beijing in 1919. These protests became a symbol for those struggling to strengthen China, and the name “May Fourth” became shorthand for a cultural movement that lasted over half a decade and gave birth to some of China’s finest writers, artists, and scholars....
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