Hu Shih, the father of the Chinese renaissance

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Honary mention and report of Remembering May Fourth: The Movement and its Centennial Legacy, edited by Carlos Yu-Kai Lin and Victor H. Mair.

"...The Hong Kong protests sport the social media hashtag “better to die with a voice than to live in silence” (宁鸣而死, 不默而生 níng míng ér sǐ, bù mò ér shēng), the title of a 1955 Hu essay. As unrest continues in Hong Kong, “I think there is a good chance for us to see a revived interest in some of Hu Shih’s writings — particularly those concerned with politics,” says Dr. Carlos Lin of City University of Hong Kong, co-author of Remembering May Fourth: The Movement and its Centennial Legacy."