My book on Cold War China’s Secret Military Industrial Complex

A vivid account of how Cold War security tensions became woven into the politics, economy, and everyday life of Mao's China.

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Sun Yat-sen celebrates Yuan Shikai’s abdication in 1916

前排左起：1田中昂女儿、2廖梦醒、3田中昂夫人、4宋庆龄、5孙中山（孙中山前坐者为廖承志）、6何香凝、7萱野长知夫人、8不详；后排左起：1不详、2廖仲恺、3胡汉民、4不详、5不详、6戴季陶、7田中昂。田中昂手持白布屏条，题为“帝政取消一笑会”，旁注“广东独立后三日”。 Source

Chinese stamps of Marx from 1953

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Building the Xiluodu Dam in 2011

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Meng Qingshu, Wang Ming, and their sons in Moscow in the 1950s

王明与妻子孟庆树、长子王丹芝、次子王丹丁在莫斯科合影 Source

Deng Yingchao, Yuan Xuefen, and Zhou Enlai in 1960

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Market street near Kunming on a non-market day in 1940s

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Grigori Voitinsky head of the Soviet Far Eastern Bureau

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Women farming in Yangkai, Yunnan in the 1940s

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Chinese stamps of Marx from 1963

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Deng Liujin, Peng Ru, Zhong Yuelin, and Zeng Zhi

邓六金（右3）与彭儒（左3）、钟月林（左2）、曾志（右2）等合影。 Source

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