Yang Tianshi, a research professor in modern history at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing, says frankly that the mainland still needs to work hard at many of the reasonable aims of the May Fourth period, such as freedom, democracy, science and individuality.
北京社會科學院近代史研究員楊天石不諱言，五四時期很多合理性的標的，自由、民主、科學精神與個性解放等，大陸仍需努力學習。