All photos are by Mark Kauffmann for the February 1947 issue of Life. Source
A painter at work in 1955
国画家姜燕 (1919-1958) Source
A Tibetan prisoner begs for food in Lhasa in 1957
The prison provided no food, so the prisoner had to go out everyday at a set time, accompanied by guards, to beg for food. 摄于1957年 图/陈宗烈 Source
Building new factories in Xinjiang in 1952-1953
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Giving a miner an X-ray in 1954
峰峰矿区磁山铁矿医院 Source
