"Building an Aqueduct", oil painting, Sun Kuo-chi and Chang Hung-tsan, People's Republic of China, c. 1975 -- Daily LIFT #2090 From the PRC Press: Another oil, "Building an Aqueduct" by Sun Kuo-chi and Chang Hung-tsan, portrays young commune members battling the elements with revolutionary optimism and overcoming the lack of machinery by using home-devised methods. The snowbound worksite in the background heightens the impression the picture gives of the commune members' figh

"Drilling Begins", oil painting, Li Shu-chi, People's Republic of China, c. 1975 -- Daily LIFT #2089 From the PRC Press: "Drilling Begins", an oil by Li Shu-chi, shows a typical scene of oil workers emulating the spirit of the famous model worker, the late Iron Man Wang, to produce more oil for the country. In it husky men are braving a downpour to get drilling started.

"When We March Together We Will Win", oil painting, Kao Hung, Peng Pin and Ho Kung-teh, People's Republic of China, 1975 -- Daily LIFT #2088 From the PRC press: Chairman Mao's revolutionary activities, the present-day class struggle and the struggle between the two lines are the themes of many works. "When We March Together we Will Win" is an oil painting done jointly by three army artists, Kao Hung, Peng Pin and Ho Kung-teh. With compact composition and clear colors, through

Ho Chi Minh greets Cuban President Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado in Hanoi, November, 1966 -- Daily LIFT #2087 Torrado was leading a delegation of Communist leaders on a friendly visit.