Shandong Peninsula Students join in a protest in the Tiananmen Square of Beijing against the European powers' decision to grant German-controlled Shandong to Japan, and thus create a new nationalist Chinese movement ("May Fourth movement")
5th May Shandong Peninsula Chinese representatives in Paris refuse to sign on the peace treaty, the May Fourth Movement win the initial victory, more symbolic than anything else, Japan retains the Shandong Peninsula and Pacific Islands won in WorldWar I