China Cold War Propaganda Collection: In 1949, Mao Zedong’s People’s Liberation Army defeated Chiang Kai-shek’s United States-backed Kuomintang (KMT) Nationalist Government in China, and the Soviet Union promptly created an alliance with the newly formed People’s Republic of China. Chiang and his KMT government retreated to the island of Taiwan. Confronted with the communist revolution in China and the end of the American atomic monopoly in 1949, the Truman administration quickly moved to escalate and expand the containment policy. In NSC-68, a secret 1950 document, the National Security Council proposed to reinforce pro-Western alliance systems and quadruple spending on defense. United States officials moved thereafter to expand containment into Asia, Africa, and Latin America, in order to counter revolutionary nationalist movements, often led by communist parties financed by the USSR, fighting against the restoration of Europe’s colonial empires in South-East Asia and elsewhere. In the early 1950s (a period sometimes known as the “Pactomania”), the US formalized a series of alliances with Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand and the Philippines (notably ANZUS in 1951 and SEATO in 1954), thereby guaranteeing the United States a number of long-term military bases.
China Cold War Propaganda Collection:
Chinese Communism:
1951 Work more! Produce more!
1951 Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party Mao Zedong during the celebration of the second anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China
1954 The Great Leader of the Chinese People Chairman Mao Zedong and the Young Pioneers
1955 Children listen to the words of Chairman Mao
1956 Near the portrait of Chairman Mao Zedong
1959 Chairman Mao greets the people
1960 Chairman Mao Loves Children
1960 Chairman Mao takes part in saving the life of a small child
1960 Chairman Mao Zedong and his loving children
1960 Chairman Mao Zedong together with representatives of all Chinese national minorities
1960 Chinese girls admire portraits of Chairman Mao
1960 Mao Zedong in Beijing during the celebrations of the tenth anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China
1961 Always with us – Chairman Mao Zedong talks to children
1961 Chairman Mao visits a shipyard
1961 Our Beloved Chairman Mao
1964 Chairman Mao Connects Our Hearts
1965 Chairman Mao talks to youth representatives
1965 Long live Chairman Mao!
1966 He moves forward against the wind and waves (Mao’s call to all Chinese to learn to swim well and improve their health)
1967 Chairman Mao – Our Red Sun
1967 Chairman Mao – Red Sun
1967 Chairman Mao Zedong among blooming sunflowers
1968 Chairman Mao and the Proletarian Cultural Revolution
1968 Chairman Mao Zedong and his Program for the Proletarian Cultural Revolution
1968 Comrade Mao Zedong is the greatest classic of Marxism-Leninism of our time!
1968 Great Ideas of Mao Zedong
1969 All peoples of the world, unite to overthrow American imperialism and Soviet revisionism! In order to overthrow the reactionaries of all countries
1969 Chairman Mao and the People’s Republic of China for building cultural bridges between different countries
1969 Comrade Mao Zedong – a living classic of Marxism-Leninism
1969 Comrade Mao Zedong greets all people who are endlessly devoted to the idea of __world revolution
1969 Mao Zedong’s Ideas light up on the theater stage
1970 Chairman Mao always makes our hearts beat faster
1970 Overthrow the number one ‘authoritation who takes the capitalistist road’ in the party
1970 Win glory for the great leader Chairman Mao, win glory for the great socialistic motherland
1970 Chairman Mao Brings Our Hearts Together
1971 Thrive in the vast world
1971 Chairman Mao is a living classic of Marxism-Leninism and a great successor to the cause of the world revolution!
1971 Long live the victory of Chairman Mao Zedong and his proletarian revolutionary line!
1972 Mao Zedong among ordinary people on May Day cleanup
1974 CPC Chairman Mao, Premier Zhou and Deputy Chairman of the Standing Committee Zhu with our children
1974 The mighty ideas of Mao Zedong fill all our revolutionary art with inspiration!
1975 Extensively carry out rural sports activities
1976 Commemoration of the tenth anniversary of swimming in the Yangtze River on the initiative of the great leader Chairman Mao Zedong on July 16, 1976
1976 Joyful faces in the middle of a raging storm – Chairman Mao talks to young people
1976 Man can conquer nature
1976 Refining a red heart in the storm
1977 It is worthy to carry the banner of the great Chairman Mao Zedong and continuously lead the revolution to achieve the dictatorship of the proletariat throughout the world!
1979 Revolutionary Committee
1979 There are dangers in science, but you can survive through hard work
Militarism:
1956 Torpedo boats attack
1962 Increase combat readiness and ensure reliable protection of maritime borders
1965 We will grind any enemy into dust
1965 Chairman Mao Zedong with members of the Women’s Militia
1966 Usually in order to speak, everything is based on fighting
1970 No matter when the enemy begins his invasion by day or night, we will allow him to go deeper into our territory, but we will not give him the opportunity to return back
1971 Always be on alert. Invading enemies must be destroyed
1971 Be a hundred times more vigilant
1971 I will not offend other unless they offend me. If someone offends me, I will offend them
1977 We must liberate Taiwan
1972 Torpedo boats during exercises
1974 The territorial borders of my homeland should not be violated by anyone
1974 Navigation in the seas depends on the helmsman. To resist imperialist aggression we must create a powerful navy
1977 Show determination and perseverance to build a strong fleet
1977 Young Eagles Spread Their Wings
1977 The Chinese People’s Liberation Army was created by Chairman Mao himself and serves his people!
Anti Capitalism:
1951 Exposing the US paper tiger!
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