China's “space baby” propaganda posters merge Cold War space race imagery with traditional Chinese mythology and Mao-era political messaging. Emerging after the Soviet Union’s Sputnik launch in 1957, ...

In the thousands of propaganda posters produced in China between the birth of the People’s Republic in 1949 and the early 1980s, the beaming face of Chairman Mao Zedong watches over a surreal utopia.

MIDDLETOWN — Wesleyan University is presenting a new exhibition featuring a collection of donated propaganda posters from China, and curated by faculty and students. “Strong Bodies for the Revolution: ...

Introduction / Daryl R. Ireland -- Social reform : the role of Christianity / Peter Zarrow -- Nationalism : the great convergence / Zexi Sun -- Women : public health, hygiene, and nurses / Connie ...

When Nie Yuanzi put up a vitriolic wall poster one day in 1966, she plunged into the political maelstrom of Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution. For the rest of her life, Nie wrestled with the fame, and ...

The following lecture was delivered by Peter Symonds, national WSWS editor for the Socialist Equality Party (Australia), at the SEP (US) 2025 International Summer School, held August 2-9, 2025. This ...

A short account of the mass struggles in China from 1925 up to the Shanghai insurrection of 1927 and its crushing by the nationalist forces of Chiang Kai-shek. Chiang Kai-Shek's Kuomintang was ...

1. The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution — Why is it called “cultural”? Superficial observations only revealed brutal struggles, large scale rebellion, or a limited civil war in various places.

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“3 Body Problem,” a Netflix adaptation of the popular Chinese sci-fi novel by the same name, is causing controversy in China for its depiction of the Cultural Revolution. Yangyang Cheng, fellow and ...