Designer: "Eastern Sea is Red" naval airforce unit stationed in Shanghai (驻沪海军航空某部东海红)
1971, January
Imperialism and all reactionary forces are paper tigers
Diguo zhuyi he yiqie fandongpai dou shi zhi laohu (帝国主义和一切反动派都是纸老虎)
Publisher: Shanghai renmin chubanshe (上海人民出版社)
Size: 77x106.5 cm.
Call number: BG E13/860 (Landsberger collection)
This poster, reminiscent of a scene from the Korean War, shows what will happen when the Americans invade China - which they have no intention of doing in these years. On the contrary: in 1971 secret diplomacy between China and the USA starts, leading to Nixon’s famous visit to Mao in 1972.