Indeed, Ho emerges as an unexpected hero in this balanced book, first seen trying to buttonhole Woodrow Wilson at the Paris peace conference of 1919.

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At least until the government's position began hardening, online activists had been calling for big demonstrations on workers' day, May 1st, and in particular on May 4th, the anniversary of the start of a patriotic movement protesting at concessions to Japan made at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919.

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