HIS 9A Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Communist Party Of China, Chen Duxiu, May Fourth Movement
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Chinese students thought that it was their right and responsible to involve in politics. 191(cid:1009) (cid:862)(cid:374)e(cid:449) youth(cid:863) magazi(cid:374)e: chen duxiu, editor. Peking university, cai yuanpei: hire chen duxiu. Calls for end of confucian family system- new society. Men want educated wives but then too educated would be troublesome. Calls for new education/ learning: (cid:862)mr (cid:272)ie(cid:374)(cid:272)e(cid:863) a(cid:374)d (cid:862)mr. de(cid:373)o(cid:272)ra(cid:272)(cid:455)(cid:863) Lanuage reform: ver(cid:374)a(cid:272)ular (cid:894)(cid:862)(cid:271)ai hua(cid:863)(cid:895) (cid:373)o(cid:448)e(cid:373)e(cid:374)t, lu xun (1881-1936) New politics: liberal democracy, gradual reform, anarchism, socialism: marxism. Appeal of marxism: (appeal to a lot of chinese teens) Seems to work: 1917 russian revolution. Formal founding 1921, with help of comintern (12 delegates, 53 members) Begins labour organization (strikes: 1920s begins organizing farmers. 1920-23 gmd (kmt) in guangzhou under sun yatsen. Russian help conditional on uniting with ccp. Jiang jieshi (chiang kai shek), 1887-1975, takes over gmd. Takes beijing in spring 1928: renamed beiping. Nanjing government: 5 branches- executive, legislative, judicial, personnel, censorate (cid:862)ge(cid:374)eralissi(cid:373)o(cid:863)
