1919 65438+10/8, the victors held a peace conference in Paris. The Beiyang government and the Guangzhou military government jointly formed the China delegation, participated in the peace conference as a victorious country, and proposed to cancel the privileges of the great powers in China.

Cancel the twenty-one unequal treaties concluded by Japanese imperialism and Yuan Shikai, and return the rights of Shandong that Japan took from Germany in the First World War.

Under the control of imperialist powers, the Paris Peace Conference not only rejected China's request, but also expressly stipulated in the contract with Germany that all the privileges of Germany in Shandong should be transferred to Japan.

The Beiyang government prepared to sign a peace treaty with China, which aroused strong opposition from the German people. Finally, the May 4th Movement of young students was aroused.

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The May 4th Movement is a patriotic movement of China students in form, but its influence goes far beyond this in terms of the whole social background and social development, except that it influenced China's ideology and culture.

The direction of political development and socio-economic development also played an important role in the establishment and development of China, and had an impact on China society under the leadership of China.

The May 4th patriotic movement was a patriotic movement that was thoroughly anti-imperialist and anti-feudal. This is the beginning of China's new democracy, and young students have played a vanguard role. The proletariat in China began to step onto the political stage and spread Marxism.

Baidu Encyclopedia-May 4th Movement