Editing March First Movement (section)

=== Other independence movements ===
[[File:Chinese protestors march against the Treaty of Versailles (May 4, 1919).jpg|thumb|Chinese protestors of the May 4 Movement. The protest's organizers reportedly were in part inspired by the March First Movement.<ref name="Shin 2009" /> (1919)]]
The March First Movement had some impact on other protest movements around this time, although the extent of the impact is actively debated.{{Sfn|Ku|2021|pp=107–108}} A number of historians have argued that the various protests occurred in differing political circumstances and with different causes, and are thus difficult to directly attribute to the March First Movement.<ref name=":6" />{{Sfn|Ku|2021|pp=107–108}}

Several weeks after the March First Movement, organizers of the [[May Fourth Movement]] in China such as [[Fu Ssu-nien]] cited the March First Movement as one of their inspirations.<ref name="Shin 2009" /> That protest has since been evaluated as a critical moment in modern Chinese history.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wasserstrom |first=Jeffrey N. |date=2019-05-04 |title=Opinion {{!}} May Fourth, the Day That Changed China |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/03/opinion/china-may-fourth-movement-protests-1919-wusi.html |access-date=2024-04-30 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=May 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505073339/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/03/opinion/china-may-fourth-movement-protests-1919-wusi.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-22 |title=May Fourth Movement |url=https://www.britannica.com/event/May-Fourth-Movement |access-date=2024-04-30 |website=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]] |language=en |archive-date=April 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240429011853/https://www.britannica.com/event/May-Fourth-Movement |url-status=live }}</ref>

Indian independence activist [[Mahatma Gandhi]] read of the peaceful protests while in South Africa. He reportedly decided to return to India soon afterwards and launch the [[Non-cooperation movement (1919–1922)|non-cooperation movement]].<ref name="Shin 2009" />

In the [[History of the Philippines (1898–1946)|U.S.-occupied Philippines]], university students in [[Manila]] held a pro-independence protest in June 1919, and cited the March First Movement as inspiration.<ref name="Shin 2009" />

In [[History of Egypt under the British|British-occupied Egypt]], students of Cairo University held a pro-independence protest amidst the [[1919 Egyptian revolution]], and cited the March First Movement as an inspiration.<ref name="Shin 2009" />