Editing May Fourth Movement (section)

=== May 4, 1919 ===
[[File:Burn Japanese goods, Tsinghua School, 1919.jpg|thumb|[[Tsinghua University]] students burning Japanese goods]]
[[File:May Fourth Movement students.jpg|thumb|[[Peking Normal University]] students detained by the government during the May Fourth Movement]]
On the morning of May 4, 1919, student representatives from thirteen different local universities met in Beijing and drafted five resolutions:
# To oppose the granting of Shandong to the Japanese under former German concessions.
# To draw and increase awareness of China's precarious position to the masses in China.
# To recommend a large-scale gathering in Beijing.
# To promote the creation of a Beijing student union.
# To hold a demonstration that afternoon in protest to the terms of the Treaty of Versailles.
On the afternoon of May 4, over 4,000 students of [[Yenching University]], [[Peking University]] and other schools marched from many points to gather in front of [[Tiananmen]]. They shouted such slogans as "struggle for the sovereignty externally, get rid of the national traitors at home", "Give Qingdao back to us!",<ref>{{Cite web |title=A brief history of the May Fourth Movement |url=https://english.pku.edu.cn/news_events/news/focus/8388.html |access-date=2024-05-29 |publisher=Peking University}}</ref> "do away with the Twenty-One Demands", and "don't sign the Versailles Treaty".

Protestors voiced their anger at the Allied betrayal of China, denounced the government's spineless inability to protect Chinese interests, and called for a [[boycott of Japanese products]]. Demonstrators insisted on the resignation of three Chinese officials they accused of being collaborators with the Japanese. After burning the residences of these officials and beating some of their servants, student protesters were arrested, jailed, and severely beaten.{{sfnp|Wasserstrom|2005}}