This photo was taken by René Burri during his 1964 trip to China. For more on Burri.
An Old Man in Wuxi, 1964
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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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Teaching All Ages How to Read, China， 1952
literacy movement, 1952.
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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.
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Working in the Fields at a People’s Commune in Shanghai, 1980
On the left is a bunker built by Chiang Kaishek's army.
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Teaching Chinese Their Language, circa 1950s
