Under what circumstances did Liang Qichao write it? Young China said.

When I fled to Japan, I saw China people obsessing over foreign things and obsessing over them, so I wrote On young chinese.

Baidu Library shows that when Liang Qichao fled to Japan, he saw On young chinese written by China people who adored foreign things and admired foreign countries. The failure of the Reform Movement of 1898 forced Liang Qichao to flee to Japan, but he did not give up his efforts to strengthen the country through reform. In Japan, he founded Qingyi Daily and tried his best to publicize the continuation of the Reform Movement through the media.

Young China said that it was an essay written by Liang Qichao (1873- 1929) in the late Qing Dynasty, which was written in 1900 after the failure of the Reform Movement of 1898. The article strongly praises the vitality of youth, points out that China under feudal rule is the "oldest empire", and earnestly hopes that "young China people" will emerge to inspire the people's spirit.