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Chinese Propaganda Posters

Imagethief likes Chinese propaganda posters. People who have seen me republish images from Stefan Landsberger's great Chinese propaganda poster website will be familiar with this inclination. I like to think that my appreciation of these posters extends... ...full story at Imagethief

from Imagethief on Sun, Jan 28 2007

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31 Dec 07 visit Communist Posters, A "Red Art Show!"  »  YouTube videoHere are some Soviet, Czech, Chinese, North Korean, Vietnamese, and Cuban political posters. These are just some posters people have sent me. I'm not trying to promote one nation over the others. I just figured I'd show these b/c they are interesting, and...
13 Jun 08 visit Chinese Propaganda on the Web  »  Granite Studio Professor Stefan Landsberger, the man behind the brilliant and invaluable Chinese Propaganda Posters Pages, is involved in another excellent online project, this time in collaboration with the International Institute of Social History based in Amsterdam. ...
17 Jan 09 visit Cultural Revolution Propaganda Part 3  »  Ben's Blog Here is the next batch of propaganda posters. I'm going to try to get the remainder up by the end of next week. The regime will come out of the gun The Selected Works of Mao Zedong Take over the fight, fight till the end. note:  “fight...
23 Jul 08 visit The 8 “Don’t Asks” When Dealing with Foreigners During the Games  »  Peking Duck A morning quickie - this is probably all over the China blogs right now but is too interesting to pass up - a post that translates Olympic propaganda posters teaching the Chinese people how to interact with outsiders flocking into the city in the weeks...
19 Nov 08 visit Catch that Pepsi Spirit  »  China Beat This interview was conducted over email between Kelly Hammond and Micki McCoy in parallel with McCoy’s article in Yishu: Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art (forthcoming January/February 2009) on the depiction of ethnic minorities in propaganda posters ...
16 Mar 07 visit Subtle Propaganda  »  Opposite End of China Propaganda gets a bad rap in the West. But hey, what is a "puff" or "local interest" story other than non-governmental propaganda? Is anything that portrays government actions in a positive light propaganda? When soldiers help to rebuild a village mosque...

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