Xinqingnian (“New Youth”) magazine
Cover page of an issue of Xinqingnian (“New Youth,” or La Jeunesse), a magazine founded by Chen Duxiu in 1915.
May Fourth Movement
Chinese history
May Fourth Movement, intellectual revolution and sociopolitical reform movement that occurred in China in 1917–21. The movement was directed toward national independence, emancipation of the individual, and rebuilding society and culture. In 1915, in the face of Japanese encroachment on China, young intellectuals, inspired by “New Youth” (Xinqingnian), a monthly magazine edited by the iconoclastic intellectual revolutionary Chen Duxiu, began agitating for the reform and strengthening of Chinese society. As part of this New Culture...
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