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Defeat of Hankou

Defeat of Hankou (1938)

To protect our beloved nation

To protect our beloved nation (early 1950s)

The New China has given women the opportunity of serving the nation boundlessly and liberally!

The New China has given women the opportunity of serving the nation boundlessly and liberally! (1953, March)

Celebrate the National Day with the sound of the Leap Forward

Celebrate National Day with the sound of the Leap Forward (1958, September)

Fight to produce 10.7 million tons of steel this year!

Fight to produce 10.7 million tons of steel this year! (1958, September)

Red Flag is the truth, Red Flag is the orientation

Red Flag is the truth, Red Flag is the orientation (1958, September)

Oppose the military provocations and threats of war of American imperialism!

Oppose the military provocations and threats of war of American imperialism! (1958, September)

Mobilize the whole population, to make sure that steel is doubled!

Mobilize the whole population, to make sure that steel is doubled! (1958, September)

Forcefully beat back the bandits in space

Forcefully beat back the bandits in space (1958, October)

Be always prepared to strike at the aggressors

Be always prepared to strike at the aggressors (1958, October)

Brave airborne troops

Brave airborne troops (1958, October)

We do not tolerate violations of our national air space

We do not tolerate violations of our national air space (1958, October)

We must liberate Taiwan!

We must liberate Taiwan! (1958, December )

We and ore together make steel!

We and ore together make steel! (1959, January)

Firmly follow the "Eight-Point Charter" to assure an even greater harvest in agriculture

Firmly follow the "Eight-Point Charter" to assure an even greater harvest in agriculture (1959, March)

Pigs are "fertilizer factories" as well as "treasure bowls"

Pigs are "fertilizer factories" as well as "treasure bowls" (1959, December)

Advance couragelously while holding high the red banner of Mao Zedong Thought! First military education poster

Advance couragelously while holding high the red banner of Mao Zedong Thought! First military education poster (1960)

Study and train hard, improve shooting ability. Second military education poster

Study and train hard, improve shooting ability. Second military education poster (1960)

The flower of the Leap Forward opens up red year after year

The flower of the Leap Forward opens up red year after year (1960, January)

Long live the great unity of the socialist camp led by the Soviet Union

Long live the great unity of the socialist camp led by the Soviet Union (1960, February)

Getting organised is boundlessly good. Collective life brings a lot of happiness

Getting organised is boundlessly good. Collective life brings a lot of happiness (1960, May)

Long live the General Line! Long live the Great Leap Forward! Long live the People's Communes!

Long live the General Line! Long live the Great Leap Forward! Long live the People's Communes! (ca. 1960)

The people's commune is good, happiness will last for ten thousand years

The people's commune is good, happiness will last for ten thousand years (ca. 1960)

Build up the nation, defend the nation

Build up the nation, defend the nation (1962, June)

Study Lei Feng to become Chairman Mao's good children

Study Lei Feng to become Chairman Mao's good children (1963, March)

Lei Feng with Young Pioneers

Lei Feng with Young Pioneers (1964, November)

Great warrior Lei Feng

Great warrior Lei Feng (1965, October)

Chairman Mao's good warrior -- Lei Feng

Chairman Mao's good warrior -- Lei Feng (1965, October)

Enthusiastically support Chairman Hua, wholeheartedly love and esteem Chairman Hua

Enthusiastically support Chairman Hua, wholeheartedly love and esteem Chairman Hua (1977, August)

Support the modernization of national defence: the motherland must be strengthened

Support the modernization of national defence: the motherland must be strengthened (1979, June)

Long live the People's Republic of China

Long live the People's Republic of China (mid 1980s)

Xu Wenhua - Love the people

Love the people (1983, February)

Books are a source of knowledge

Books are a source of knowledge (1985, July)

Chinese industry -- the sun rises in the Eastern sky

Chinese industry -- the sun rises in the Eastern sky (1987, February)

The leaders and we are together

The leaders and we are together (1989)

Ode to Socialism -- City construction and communications greatly develop in a powerful way

Ode to Socialism -- City construction and communications greatly develop in a powerful way (1989, December)

Ode to Socialism -- Industry develops and changes with each passing day

Ode to Socialism -- Industry develops and changes with each passing day (1989, December)

Ode to Socialism -- Chinese agriculture takes on a new look

Ode to Socialism -- Chinese agriculture takes on a new look (1989, December)

Celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party -- Build a socialism with Chinese characteristics

Celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party -- Build a socialism with Chinese characteristics (1991, May)

We should do more and engage less in empty talk - Deng Xiaoping

We should do more and engage less in empty talk - Deng Xiaoping (1992, August)

Deng Xiaoping: Strive to build our army into a powerful modernized and regularized revolutionary army.

Deng Xiaoping: Strive to build our army into a powerful modernized and regularized revolutionary army. (1994)

Closely rally around the Party Central Committee with Comrade Jiang Zemin at its core ...

Closely rally around the Party Central Committee with Comrade Jiang Zemin at its core, advance with giant strides along the road of constructing socialism with Chinese characteristics (1997, August)

Celebrate the 15th Party Congress, stride forward into the new era

Celebrate the 15th Party Congress, stride forward into the new era (1997, August)

Millions of people all of one mind strive for the ultimate victory in combatting floods and dealing with emergencies

Millions of people all of one mind strive for the ultimate victory in combatting floods and dealing with emergencies (1998, August)

The people of the disaster areas expect your sympathy

The people of the disaster areas expect your sympathy (1998, August)

The East is red at sunrise ...

The East is red at sunrise - Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China (1999)

1949-1999

1949-1999 (1999)

Ode to the Nation -- Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China

Ode to the Nation -- Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China (1999)

Oh Strength! The might of a nation, the might of an army

Oh Strength! The might of a nation, the might of an army (1999)

1949-1999 -- Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China

1949-1999 -- Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China (1999)

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