The Chinese Student Movement of 1945-1949

Bibliographic Data

ID3634356
AuthorsJessie G Lutz (corresponding author)
Year1971
Volume31
Issue1
Pages89-110
Publication date1971-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of Asian Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0021-9118 • E-ISSN: 1752-0401
PublisherDuke University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2307/2053054
OpenAlexW2332089147
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited12

By the 1940's, China already had a well-established tradition of student activism. The most famous of the Chinese student movements had originated with the demonstration of May 4, 1919, against the Versailles Peace Settlement. Punctuating Chinese politics thereafter were numerous student demonstrations: the protest against the unequal treaties on May 30, 1925; the condemnation of Japanese aggression in Manchuria in 1931; and the demand for resistance to Japan on December 9, 1935. Youth leaders of the 1940's were conscious of the May 4th tradition, as they called it. They were proud of the tradition and felt an obligation to keep it alive. They accepted a role as a politicized elite with the right and duty to speak for the Chinese people. As the competition between the Kuomintang and the Chinese Communist Party for control of China's destiny entered its critical stage between 1945 and 1949, Chinese students sought active participation in China's revolution

Aggression · China · Class conflict · Communism · Destiny (ISS module) · Duty · Elite · Political science · Politics · Resistance (ecology) · Settlement (finance) · Sociology · Chinese history and philosophy · Gender Studies · History · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies

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