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AIMS- It was a movement that aimed to introduce to China Western concepts such as democracy, equality and liberty; also a new style of writing as well as the latest science and technology of the time.

The NCM advanced the intellectual Chinese towards the future. This movement provided the intellectual background which made it possible for the dissatisfaction with the Paris peace settlement to develop into a nationwide anti-foriegn movement.

It really afforded the Chinese an intellectual background for those Chinese who loved their nation. It raised their nationalism in order to protect the nation.

The period from 1912-1923 was one of ideological fermet and the growth of new ideas. There was a necessity to "determine and define the values of the new Republican era. For a society that had been based on the value-ridden Confucian beliefs, Western, materilistic, civilisation and utilitarian culture were rejected by many intellectuals, events moved so rapidly in...