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THIS “whirlwind” sculpture in the Yellow Sea-facing city of Qingdao in eastern China, spectacularly embodies the winds of change that blew through the country after the first world war, culminating in the mass students protests of May 1919.
It led to a shattering of political alignments, and the formation of the Communist Party of China followed, three decades later, with the foundation of the People’s Republic of China in 1949.
Designed by local sculptor Huang Zhen and unveiled in 1999 to coincide with the 80th anniversary of the momentous events, May Wind is located at the centre of the May Fourth Square and park in Qingdao city centre.
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