A cultural troupe teaches literacy through theater at a Beijing electronics factory in 1959

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Walking around Tiananmen in 1985

The photo is by Raymond Depardon. The person in the front is French actress Camille de Casabianca. Source

A literacy test before a race in Beijing in 1952

The race was held to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the PLA. Source

Children play at Beihai Park in Beijing in 1955

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Celebrating the establishment of Beiping’s temporary government at Tiananmen in 1937

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Beijing Streets, 1982

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Mao and Chen Yi at Zhongnanhai in 1965

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Go champion Wei Runan receives a trophy from Marshal Chen Yi in 1962

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Mourning Stalin’s passing at Tiananmen in March 1953

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