What were the slogans put forward by the students during the May 4th Movement?

The main slogans of the May 4th Movement are: "Strive for sovereignty abroad and eliminate national traitors at home", "Fight to the death to return Qingdao to us", "Recover Shandong rights", "Refuse to sign the Paris Peace Treaty", "Abolish Twenty-one", "Boycott Japanese goods", "Better jade to pieces than complete tiles", etc.

The May 4th Movement was formally a patriotic movement of Chinese students, but from the perspective of the entire social background and social development, its influence was far beyond that. In addition to affecting Chinese thought and culture, the direction of political development, and the social and economic development Trends and education also played an important role in the establishment and development of the Communist Party of China. At the same time, its influence on Chinese society under the leadership of the Communist Party of China cannot be underestimated.

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On the afternoon of May 4, 1919, more than 3,000 student representatives from three universities in Beijing broke through the obstruction of the military and police and gathered in Tiananmen. Beijing Normal University was the first to arrive at Tiananmen.

They slogans include "Fight to the death to return Qingdao to me", "Recover Shandong rights", "Refuse to sign the Paris Peace Treaty", "Abolish Twenty-One", "Boycott Japanese goods", "Rather to pieces of jade" slogans such as "Fight for sovereignty abroad and eliminate national traitors at home" [4]?, and demanded the punishment of Chief Transportation Officer Cao Rulin, President of the Bureau of Currency Lu Zongyu, and Minister to Japan Zhang Zongxiang. The student parade moved to Cao's house , beat Zhang Zongxiang severely.

Kuang Husheng, from the Mathematics and Physics Department of Beijing Higher Normal School (the predecessor of today’s Beijing Normal University), was the first to rush into Cao’s house and took the lead in burning Cao’s house, triggering the “Burning of Zhao’s House” incident. Subsequently, the military police stepped in to control the situation and arrested 32 student representatives. A couplet hanging high on the south side of the Jinshui Bridge in front of Tiananmen is eye-catching: Treason for the country and seeking glory, if I had known that Cao Cao had concealed his legacy, the monument had no words;

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