China invited 51 countries from Africa and elsewhere to come to Beijing for a ping pong competition from November 2 to November 14, 1971. These photos are from that event. Source
A large collection: Sino-African ping pong diplomacy in 1971
Zhou Enlai meets with members of the Pakistani embassy in 1951
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Conscripts of the Chinese National Army walk through Chongking on a labor detail in 1941
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Red Guards rename the street in front of the Soviet embassy to Anti-Revisionism Road in 1966
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Meeting to commend young teaching staff in 1982
Jiangxi University （江西大学） The source says this photo is from 1972, but the clothes and slogans on the wall do not look at all like 1972, and so I am guessing it is 1982. Source
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洪瑞麟, 入坑前闲谈, 1966
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Buiding the Wuhan Yangzi River Bridge in 1956
August 1956. Completed in 1957, iyangt was the first bridge across the Yangzi River. Source
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Students from China’s Central Conservatory of Music carry a piano to perform for the PLA in 1964
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Training Guiyang’s first batch of female traffic police in 1958
Guiyang, Guizhou Source
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A Cultural Revolution parade in Lanzhou in 1966
August 1966. This parade apparently marked the start of the Cultural Revolution in Gansu. Source
Everyday Life in Mao's China 