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Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

The May Fourth Movement

Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

Gary Arndt

Education, History

4.72.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2026

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Few dates in China are as significant as May Fourth, which marks two distinct revolutionary periods in modern Chinese history.   On May 4th, 1919, student protests erupted in China in response to the country’s outrage over being ignored at the Paris Peace Conference. This event became known as the May 4th Movement. Seventy years later, in 1989, a resurgence of movement inspired the Tiananmen Square student protests.  Learn more about the May Fourth Movement and its lasting impact on Chinese society on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Quince Go to quince.com/daily for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order! Mint Mobile Get your 3-month Unlimited wireless plan for just 15 bucks a month at mintmobile.com/eed Subscribe to the podcast!  https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/ -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Austin Oetken & Cameron Kieffer   Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/  Disce aliquid novi cotidie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Few dates in China are as significant as May 4th, which marks two distinct revolutionary periods in modern Chinese history.

0:08.1

On May 4, 1919, student protests erupted in China in response to the country's outrage over being ignored at the Paris Peace Conference.

0:15.9

This event became known as the May 4th Movement.

0:19.3

Seven years later in 1989, a resurgence of the movement inspired the Tiananmen Square student

0:24.4

protests.

0:25.7

Learn more about the May 4th Movement and its lasting impact on Chinese society on this

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episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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To understand what sparked the May 4th movement, we need to look back at the events that brought down the Qing Dynasty.

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