The May Fourth movement Peking student demonstration of May 4, 1919-Provoked by the decision of the peacemakers at Versailles to leave Japanese hands the former German concessions in Shandong By extension, the whole development of thought and activity among the chinese scholar before and after all the failures since 1898 constitutional reform movement-chinese society needs fundamental changes -the intellectual ferment centered in Peking University in 1917 1919 May 4, some 3000 students protest and mass demonstration at Tiananmen burned a ministers house and beat a minister to japan Called a student strike and organized patriotic teams, also in Shanghai, Wuhan, Tianjin, Guangzhou and elsewhere Led by intellectuals who brought both the new cultural ideas and the new patriotism- the student class's responsibility of China's fateThe May Fourth Movement ► Peking student demonstration of May 4, 1919 – Provoked by the decision of the peacemakers at Versailles to leave Japanese hands the former German concessions in Shandong ► By extension, the whole development of thought and activity among the Chinese scholar before and after. ► All the failures since 1898 constitutional reform movement – Chinese society needs fundamental changes – the intellectual ferment centered in Peking University in 1917 ► 1919 May 4, some 3000 students protest and mass demonstration at Tiananmen, burned a minister’s house and beat a minister to Japan ► Called a student strike and organized patriotic teams, also in Shanghai, Wuhan, Tianjin, Guangzhou and elsewhere ► Led by intellectuals who brought both the new cultural ideas and the new patriotism – the student class’s responsibility of China’s fate