The CCP introduced grain rations cards for urban areas on August 25, 1955 following the State Council's issuing of the 《城市粮食定量暂行办法》. Source
Fushun Grain Rations Card 1964
Working at the Beijing Wireless Factory in 1974
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The First Shanghai Youth Sent to Xinjiang in 1963
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The Leadership Votes in Favor of the Great Leap Forward in May 1958
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Mao and Ho Chi Minh Take A Walk in December 1957
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Xi Zhongxun and Qi Xin at Yan’an, 1947
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An Old Man in Wuxi, 1964
This photo was taken by René Burri during his 1964 trip to China. For more on Burri.
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Liu Qimin, Ten Thousands Boats Waiting to Set Sail,1962
刘其敏, 万帆待发, 1962 A claustrophobic rush into the sea all at once of too much - an allegorical painting about the Great Leap?
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Liao Youkai, Holiday Nights, 1972
廖有楷，节日之夜， 1972 This painting epitomizes the emphasis on work at the time. Labor was what Chinese should want to do at all times, even on their holiday nights.
