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Events on Sunday 4 May 1919 1
1919May Fourth Movement erupts in ChinaStudent protests reject the Treaty of VersaillesThousands of students demonstrated in Beijing after the Paris Peace Conference awarded former German concessions in Shandong to Japan instead of returning them to China. The protests sparked a broader cultural and political movement that shaped modern Chinese nationalism.