One hundred years after thousands of Chinese students marched on Tiananmen

Square on May 4, 1919, to protest against Western colonialism, President Xi Jinping on April 22, reiterated the Chinese Communist Party’s determination to control the legacy of the movement. In a speech marking the event, Xi Jinping extolled the patriotic image of May 4 saying “History profoundly reveals that patriotism has flowed in the blood of the Chinese nation since ancient times. Significantly, he added “Chinese youth in the new era must obey the party and follow the party.”