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 This poster is an interesting example of how women were sometimes portrayed as helping the war efforts in China. Yes, she is a ballet soldier. The Chinese text reads, from left to right and top to bottom: “Red Women’s Detachment, Modern Ballet Performance, Magnificent Women’s Army”.
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 Mao rides, and others follow. Translation: “1947- Mao moves his base to Shanbei (northern Shanxi Province)”. Fun fact: horses were domesticated over 5000 years ago in China, and the Chinese are credited with inventing the stirrup and the breast harness.
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 This poster shows the soldiers holding up books that discuss how China will overcome and defeat the German Nazis and the Japanese on the left and the Kuomintang on the right (you can see their symbols being pierced by red flags). The numbers (12 million and 8 million) indicate the number of enemies killed by China. The Chinese text at the bottom reads: “We don’t want war- we want peace”.
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 It’s a party! A rare example of propaganda that has the simple message: “Be Happy”. Or pretty close, the actual translation is: “Communes are good”. We don’t think they’re talking about the sort of hippie commune though.
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 Sure, the artist was a bit lazy, and if you don’t look too closely the faces are remarkably similar. And we are a little worried that the middle guy is holding a missile. But the message is clear: “We Must Liberate Taiwan” is the actual translation.
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 Less propaganda, more art- this example is probably not from the era, but kind of an illustrated history. The Chinese reads: “Northwest Plateau- Banners Still Wave”. Note the lack of banners- two guesses who the ‘banners’ are here!
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