Portal:China/Anniversaries/May/May 4

Events

• 1919 – May Fourth Movement: Student demonstrations take place in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, protesting the Treaty of Versailles, which transferred Chinese territory to Japan.

Holidays, observances, and anniversaries

• Youth Day (People's Republic of China)

Births

• 1654 – Kangxi Emperor of China (d. 1722)

Deaths

• 2013 – Mario Machado, Chinese-American journalist and actor (b. 1935)