An urban youth receiving education in 1900-1927

I was born in a well-to-do family in Beijing in late 19th century,which is a troublous times. At that time, Since then, the country has faced many challenges, foreign invasion and domestic unrest. People's lives are up-and-down, so they started to change and begin to fight.
My father is the late Qing scholar and my mother was an industrious and virtuous woman. I am the only child which had a great interest in studies because of my father. At the age of 7, i was sent to a local private school, at 18-year-olds I admitted to the famous schools, Imperial University of Peking (Beijing University) in 1904.
In my college life, I came into contact with a number of State Affairs. The opium wars, Sino-Japanese war, the eight-power allied forces invaded China and many unequal treaties makes me extremely angry and indignant.
How can our country being bullied?
In 1905, there was a man named Sun Yat-Sen established the first revolutionary alliance - Tongmenghui in Japan Tokyo. He took "Drive out the Tartars, restore China, found the Republic, equalize land ownership" as a political platform and Implemented national revolution to achieve democracy.
On the other hand, due to the Late Qing Reforms, Eight-legged essay was replaced and Civil Service Examination was abolished. In addition, the social reforms remarkable. Footbinding was discouraged. Also, China took a first step in the film (Ting Chun Shan), the death penalty - Ling Chi in the Qing court is to abolish.
However, the road to reform is not flat. Cities in northern China under the Qing dynasty Government is still chaotic.
In 1915, because of the world war one and the Shandong incident, these intensified ethnic conflicts. And under the influence of the Russian Revolution, a group of students at Beijing University began to strike in order to force Chinese officials refused sign the article 21.
As Beijing University teaching assistant, I have to participate in it. A tremendous number of students and staff launched the most massive demonstrations On May 4, 1919 and two months later, China refused to sign. The Success of the campaign is to be an inspiration of liberating our thought. So the New Culture Movement tried to promote “new thought tide” which is mainly about science and democracy. My friend Chen Duxiu, who is also a teacher in Beijing University, created <New Youth> to reform the thinking and behavior of youths. That was a period that we were free to express our ideas.
In 1921-1927, it was a period that GMD and CCP tried to fight for control. For me, it is hard to say which party is right or wrong. Whereas, whether they can lead Chinese achieve democracy and freedom is more crucial.

An urban youth receiving education in 1900-1927
I was born in a well-to-do family in Beijing in late 19th century,which is a troublous times. At that time, Since then, the country has faced many challenges, foreign invasion and domestic unrest. People's lives are up-and-down, so they started to change and begin to fight.
My father is the late Qing scholar and my mother was an industrious and virtuous woman. I am the only child which had a great interest in studies because of my father. At the age of 7, i was sent to a local private school, at 18-year-olds I admitted to the famous schools, Imperial University of Peking (Beijing University) in 1904.
In my college life, I came into contact with a number of State Affairs. The opium wars, Sino-Japanese war, the eight-power allied forces invaded China and many unequal treaties makes me extremely angry and indignant.
How can our country being bullied?
In 1905, there was a man named Sun Yat-Sen established the first revolutionary alliance - Tongmenghui in Japan Tokyo. He took "Drive out the Tartars, restore China, found the Republic, equalize land ownership" as a political platform and Implemented national revolution to achieve democracy.
On the other hand, due to the Late Qing Reforms, Eight-legged essay was replaced and Civil Service Examination was abolished. In addition, the social reforms remarkable. Footbinding was discouraged. Also, China took a first step in the film (Ting Chun Shan), the death penalty - Ling Chi in the Qing court is to abolish.
However, the road to reform is not flat. Cities in northern China under the Qing dynasty Government is still chaotic.
In 1915, because of the world war one and the Shandong incident, these intensified ethnic conflicts. And under the influence of the Russian Revolution, a group of students at Beijing University began to strike in order to force Chinese officials refused sign the article 21.
As Beijing University teaching assistant, I have to participate in it. A tremendous number of students and staff launched the most massive demonstrations On May 4, 1919 and two months later, China refused to sign. The Success of the campaign is to be an inspiration of liberating our thought. So the New Culture Movement tried to promote “new thought tide” which is mainly about science and democracy. My friend Chen Duxiu, who is also a teacher in Beijing University, created <New Youth> to reform the thinking and behavior of youths. That was a period that we were free to express our ideas.
In 1921-1927, it was a period that GMD and CCP tried to fight for control. For me, it is hard to say which party is right or wrong. Whereas, whether they can lead Chinese achieve democracy and freedom is more crucial.