The Wind of May (2) The first part of this essay: https://www.italki.com/entry/867360 Students in Beijing went to streets to protest on 4 May 1919. It sparked a national protest. From then on, political mobilizations replaced cultural activities in China, because people realized that only a reform of Chinese culture was not enough to save China from poverty and colonialism, a political change was also needed. Many famous political figures emerged from the Fourth May movement, including the founders of the Chinese Communist Party.   Every time I saw this statue, the wind of May, I remember what China had been through a hundred years ago when it was weak, defeated, and taken over by western countries; when Chinese people were the second class citizens in their own country. Now it is a different era of China, and we should forgive but never forget, and make sure the history won’t repeat itself again.