1919: The Year of the Crack-Up
1919: The Year of the Crack-Up
Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs
A Hundred Years of Student Protests in China, with Jeffrey Wasserstrom
29 minutes Posted Jun 17, 2019 at 6:20 pm.
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China expert Jeffrey Wasserstrom discusses the rich history of Chinese student protests. From the May Fourth movement in 1919 to Tiananmen Square in 1989 to today's mass demonstrations in Hong Kong, what are the threads that tie these moments together? Don't miss this fascinating talk, which also touches on Woodrow Wilson, the Russian Revolution, and a young Mao Zedong.