Boycotts of Japanese products
Boycotts of Japanese products have been conducted by numerous Korean, Chinese and American
civilian and governmental organizations in response to real or disputed Japanese aggression and atrocities, whether military, political or economic.
Burning of Japanese products at Tsinghua University during the May Fourth Movement
An anti-Japanese march in Beijing in 2012, with a red sheet at the front reading "refuse to buy and sell Japanese goods, make China stronger, oppose Japan and make Japan a province of China again." (拒买卖日货，强中反日，收复日本省)
The May Fourth Movement was a Chinese cultural and anti-imperialist political movement which grew out of student protests in Beijing on May 4, 1919. Students gathered in front of Tiananmen to protest the Chinese government's weak response to the Treaty of Versailles decision to allow Japan to retain territories in Shandong that had been surrendered by Germany after the Siege of Tsingtao in 1914. The demonstrations sparked nation-wide protests and spurred an upsurge in Chinese nationalism, a shift towards political mobilization away from cultural activities, and a move towards a populist base, away from traditional intellectual and political elites.
Around 3,000 students from 13 universities in Beijing gathered in Tiananmen Square
Female students participate in demonstration as part of the May Fourth Movement in 1919
Tsinghua University students burn Japanese goods.
Students of Beijing Normal University after being detained by government during the May Fourth Movement.
