Revolutionary Committee, People's Republic of China, c. 1971, ink and gouache on paper -- Daily LIFT #1836

Image via X On New Year's Eve, Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered his 2026 New Year message. The following is the full, translated text of the message as distributed by multiple sources: Greetings to all! Year after year, life opens a fresh chapter. As the new year begins, I extend my best wishes to you from Beijing! The year 2025 marks the completion of China's 14th Five-Year Plan for economic and social development. Over the past five years, we have pressed ahead with e

The Entire Nation is Red, People's Republic of China, 1968, hooked rug, wood on cotton -- Daily LIFT #1835

CPS calls for global mobilisation denouncing USA arms deal with the Taiwan region illegitimate separatist administration 29 December 2025 The Communist Party of Swaziland (CPS) strongly condemns the recent United States $11.1 billion arms package to the Taiwan region of China. This provocative act constitutes a blatant violation of the One-China principle and undermines regional stability and global peace. It is common cause to believe that the USA is either effectively dona

Ignoring repeated Chinese warnings and their own expressed commitments to the one-China policy, successive US administrations have been selling arms to Taiwan and supporting separatist forces there. By Abdul Rahman, People's Dispatch On Friday, December 26, China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced sanctions against US weapons manufacturing firms and their high-level officials over Washington’s decision to allow billions of dollars of arms sales to Taiwan. The 20 weapons

Chairman Mao checking out a Dongfeng CA71 Car, 1958 -- Daily LIFT #1832 The Dongfeng CA71, produced in 1958 by First Automotive Works (FAW), was the first passenger car to be manufactured entirely in China, marking a key milestone in Chinese automotive history. The Dongfeng CA71 was developed by FAW in Changchun during the Great Leap Forward, with its first prototype completed on May 12, 1958. FAW was founded in 1953 with support from the Soviet Union and initially focused on

By Bisharat Abbasi Today we commemorate the birth of Comrade Chairman Mao Zedong (1893- 1976) one of the greatest revolutionary figures of the twentieth century and a giant of anti-imperialist history. Mao was not merely a Chinese leader; he was a world-historical figure who fundamentally altered the global balance of forces by smashing semi-colonial subjugation, defeating imperialism and feudalism, and founding the People’s Republic of China in 1949. For the oppressed nation

Marxist-Leninist-Maoist ideological study group at the Changchun No. 1 Automobile Plant, People's Republic of China 1969 -- Daily LIFT #1829

On the floor at the Changchun No. 1 Automobile Plant, People's Republic of China 1969 -- Daily LIFT #1827

Trump addressing top US military figures in September -- public domain image By Biljana Vankovska Like every U.S. administration since the Cold War, the Trump administration has released a document titled the National Security Strategy (NSS). I use the word “titled” deliberately, for if this text were not stamped with the official seal of the United States, it would hardly merit the designation of “strategy.” It is a document that contains little that is strategic and even

Primary school student entertains People's Liberation Army frontier guards during a discussion of Marxist-Leninist-Mao Zedong thought, People's Republic of China, 1969 -- Daily LIFT #1826

Trump on December 13 -- public domain image By Tings Chak On 10 December 2025, U.S. forces seized the oil tanker Skipper off the coast of Venezuela, carrying over a million barrels of crude. “Well, we keep [the oil],” President Trump told reporters. Venezuela’s foreign ministry called it “blatant theft and an act of international piracy,” adding: “The true reasons for the prolonged aggression against Venezuela have finally been revealed. It has always been about our natural

The 41st Central Convention of the Communist Party of Canada convened in Montreal from December 5-7, 2025, amidst a consequential and dangerous period for the working class in Canada and worldwide. The Convention met in a spirit of political unity, determined to analyze and respond to an accelerating imperialist drive towards world war, a rightward shift by the federal government, and a rapidly intensifying corporate assault. Delegates assessed a situation where the Carney g

Chairman Mao at the celebrations for the 20th anniversary of the formation of the People's Republic of China, October 1, 1969 -- Daily LIFT #1822 "Once China's destiny is in the hands of the people, China, like the sun rising in the east, will illuminate every corner of the land with a brilliant flame, swiftly clean up the mire left by the reactionary government, heal the wounds of war and build a new, powerful and prosperous people's republic worthy of the name." -- Mao just

Skyline of Pudong, Shanghai, seen from Suzhou creek area -- Steffen Wurzel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Shiran Illanperuma Is Asia possible? This provocation comes from a recent intervention by Tricontinental Asia, the latest in a series of conjunctural analyses on the Asian continent. There is increasing acknowledgement that the world economy’s centre of gravity is shifting to Asia. Home to 60 percent of the world’s population, the continent contributes to 70 per

Photo via Alejandro Esquite By Katherin Hormigó Rubio, translated from the Spanish In Beijing, the Chinese government introduced the Third China's Policy Paper on Latin America and the Caribbean. This document aims to summarize past experiences and thoroughly outline China's policy towards the region, with the goal of elevating relations and cooperation in various areas between China and LAC to a new level. The text delivered by Beijing's Assistant Foreign Minister Cai Wei em

Passenger train crosses the lower deck of the Nanking Yangtze River Bridge, People's Republic of China, 1969 -- Daily LIFT #1819

Karl Marx portrait at the Nanjie Commune in the People's Republic of China, 2011, Gary Lee Todd, Ph.D., CC0, via Wikimedia Commons -- Daily LIFT #1814

Image via the PCC Via the Communist Party of Cuba, translated from the Spanish The Communist Parties of Cuba (PCC) and China (CPC) met in Beijing on Thursday for the VII theoretical seminar between the two parties, focusing on the practices and experiences related to advancing socialist modernization through scientific development planning. Gladys Martínez, a member of the Political Bureau and the first secretary of the Provincial Committee of the PCC in Artemisa, emphasized

New Doctors tor Borderland Villages (Papercut), Yuan Kuo-ping, People's Republic of China, 1976 From the PRC Press: "New Doctors for Borderland Villages", a uniquely decorative papercut, shows a woman army medical worker teaching barefoot doctors of minority nationalities the use of medicinal herbs.