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May Fourth Movement
A 1919 student protest movement against the Treaty of Versailles and foreign imperialism in China. It promoted science, democracy, and vernacular Chinese, and influenced the founding of the Chinese Communist Party.
Warlord Era (China)
The period from 1916 to 1928 following Yuan Shikai's death, when China fragmented under rival regional military commanders, or warlords, each controlling their own territory and army with no effective central government.