jan 16, 1915 - Chen Duxiu, President of Beijing University, 1915

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-Duxiu = gentry family, Japanese education
-1915 named President of University
>recognizes backwardness of Chinese society, women's role, confucianism old age
-Anti-Confucian Ideology
>interested in Western democracy
>Chinese vernacular v.s. traditional writing
>men + women allowed together in uni
>"New Youth Magazine" - place to explore ideas and other cultures (written in vernacular)
-Li Dazhao librarian at Beijing Uni

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