China Circumspectly Marks 80th Anniversary of Radical Student Movement

In a delicate annual ritual, China last week officially celebrated the anniversary of a radical student protest movement in 1919, while at the same time taking extra precautions to deter any latter-day student activism.

The May Fourth Movement began 80 years ago this month, when thousands of Beijing University students marched to Tiananmen Square to protest the territorial concessions forced on China at the

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