Dialogue in Writing

 

Historical Studies (Chinese Edition)

No.2, 2019

 

A Hundred Years of the May Fourth Movement and Contemporary China

 

Editor’s Note: Contemporary China emerged from the China of history. The May Fourth Movement a hundred years ago was a major event in modern China’s history. It completely and uncompromisingly opposed imperialism and feudalism, promoted the integration of Marxism with the Chinese revolution, and opened up the historical process of the New Democratic revolution that enabled China to truly cross into the modern era. It laid the foundation for China’s success in realizing the most profound and greatest social transformation in Chinese history and the great leap forward of the Chinese nation as it has stood up and grown rich and getting strong. It also had a profound impact on the development and progress of contemporary China. On the occasion of the hundredth anniversary of the May Fourth Movement, we invited a few scholars to engage in a dialogue in writing trying to promote the understanding of the historical significance and the value of the times of the May Fourth Movement from academic perspective, they jointly sketch out the new culture, new spirit and new future that the May Fourth Movement delivered to modern China. We hope that this set of articles will promote deeper research on the May Fourth Movement and its spirit, and a more profound understanding of contemporary China.