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15+ Rare Images of The Fall of Liu Shaoqi & the “capitalist roaders” during the Cultural Revolution

During the Cultural Revolution, Liu Shaoqi, an eminent Chinese revolutionary, politician, and theorist, was expelled, imprisoned, and tortured to death The Cultural Revolution was a … Read more

Rare Images of the Tragic Four Pests Campaign to Wipe Out the Sparrow
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15 Rare Images of the Tragic Four Pests Campaign to Wipe Out the Sparrow

A series of rare photographs and propaganda posters of the Four Pest Campaign in China (1958-9162). The Four Pests campaign, 除四害, Chú Sì Hài, in … Read more

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The #nnevvy story: how a punitive expedition of Chinese trolls on Twitter has turned against the CCP

The controversy against a Thai actor and his girlfriend turned against the Chinese nationalist netizens closest to the CCP while demonstrating the Chinese propaganda machine’s … Read more

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7 Cultural Revolution memorabilia

Cultural Revolution memorabilia – A collection of propaganda material made by the Chinese Communist Party during the Cultural Revolution (National Library of Denmark). The Cultural … Read more

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Chinese Space Program: a Photographic History

Chinese space program history pictures: long march rockets, the Chinese space laboratory, Shanzhou capsules, Chinese moon rovers, Chinese landers, and more Mao Zedong started a … Read more

The Belt and Road is How, the awkwardly-named English-language music video
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The Belt and Road is How, the awkwardly-named English-language music video

China soft power – “The Belt and Road is How” music video performed by children from countries on the new Silk Road.

In the Chinese narrative, the belt and road initiative is an inclusive economic and cultural project, opposed to the Donald Trump’s vision of the world. 

Also, the video is posted on Youtube which is banned in China.

The Belt and Road is How

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The curious rise of the ‘white left’ as a Chinese internet insult

Meet the Chinese netizens who combine a hatred for the ‘white left’ with a love of US president Donald Trump. by Chenchen Zhang If you … Read more

Japanese war prints of the Sino-Japanese war
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53 amazing Japanese war prints of the Sino-Japanese war

The first Sino-Japanese War, commonly now in China as the War of Jiawu 甲午戰爭, began in 1894 and ended in 1895 and was fought between … Read more

The colors of China: 30 years of China's history in pictures
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The colors of China: 30 years of China’s history in pictures

The images of Weng Naiqiang, a veteran photographer, tell marginal but significant episodes of Chinese daily life that intertwine with the great historical moments and … Read more

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