Chairman Mao Picture Card from the Cultural Revolution era -- Daily LIFT #2096

Mao proclaims the People's Republic of China, October 1, 1949 From the magazine People's China in January, 1950 a chronology of the great revolutionary year of 1949 that saw the final defeat of the imperialist backed, reactionary Kuomintang under Chiang Kai-shek and the proclamation of the People's Republic of China by Mao in Beijing on October 1. Please note that many of the translations of names and places are now considered outdated. JANUARY 10th. The Hsuehow-Pengpu Area

"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

One million people assemble in Beijing on September 18, 1976 for a mass memorial meeting for Chairman Mao who died September 9, 1976 -- Daily LIFT #2076 The memorial meeting, one of the largest in human history, was attended by many party and state leaders. From the Chinese Press: "The cause for which our great leader Chairman Mao fought all his life is inseparably linked to the masses of the people. He brought brightness to our country and happiness to the people of all nati

From 1976 the full, original statement from the Communist Party, state and military of the People's Republic of China announcing the death of Chairman Mao on September 9, 1976. Message to the Whole Party, the Whole Army and the People of All Nationalities Throughout the Country from: The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China, The State Council of the People's Republic of Ch

Michael Day, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Tings Chak The television series Asking the Vast Earth (问苍茫, 2023) opens with a scene of a young Mao Zedong swimming in the Xiang River, swollen from the heavy rains. A fisherman calls from the bank to the lone swimmer: ‘You fool, you’re asking to die! The river is raging after the storm—there are boats, why are you swimming?’ Mao laughs and calls back: ‘Never mind how fierce the water is. Once you understand its temper, you ca

Mao, late 1960s -- Daily LIFT #2075

Stamp set for the 90th anniversary of Mao's birth, People's Republic of China, 1983 -- Daily LIFT #2074

Chairman Mao writes his dazibao "Bombard the Headquarters", oil painting, People's Republic of China, 1967 -- Daily LIFT #2070

Study Mao Zedong Thought - silk wall mural Illustration, late 1960s, People's Republic of China -- Daily LIFT #2065

Chairman Mao (second from right) with members of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, 1939 -- Daily LIFT #2060

Mao and Zhou Enlai receive the cast members of Taking the Bandits' Stronghold staged by the Shanghai Peking Opera Company, 1967 -- Daily LIFT #2052

From the PRC Press: Chairman Mao, our most respected and beloved great leader, had a good swim in the Yangtse River, braving the wind and waves on July 16 last year (1966). It left on indelible, happy memory in our minds and greatly inspired, the people throughout China and the world to go forward courageously in the storms of class struggle. Translation of the poem first published in English in 1967. Swimming to the melody Shui Tiao Keh Tou (2) I have just drunk the waters o

Chairman Mao with model workers at the 2nd Session of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference -- Daily LIFT #2042

A poem written by Rewi Alley in memory of Edgar Snow after his death in 1972. Looking out at me from the morning's paper the quiet steady face the understanding eyes of the American dreamer who saw how dreams could be made come true and who caught some of the fire of the Chinese Revolution and its leadership so that along with them, as they so incredibly fought, did he fight with his pen for all he came to believe in. Yes, he suffered all right, not simple to face those wild

Photographers Xu Xiaobing and Hou Bo with Mao Zedong 1949 -- Daily LIFT #2036 Xu Xiaobing and Hou Bo, who were married, were famed photographers of Mao and the revolutionary process in China.

The People's Liberation Army should be a great school. In this school, our army should study politics and military affairs, raise its educational level, and also engage in agriculture and side-occupations and run small or medium-sized factories to make products for its own needs or for exchange with the state against equal values. Our army should also do mass work and participate in the socialist education movement in the factories and the villages. When the socialist educati

"The Working-Class Must Exercise Leadership in Everything", poster, People's Republic of China, May 1, 1969 -- Daily LIFT #2035 The working class must exercise leadership in everything. The people's democratic dictatorship needs the leadership of the working class. For it is only the working class that is most far-sighted, most selfless and most thoroughly revolutionary. The entire history of revolution proves that without the leadership of the working class revolution fails

“All people in the revolutionary ranks must care for each other, must love and help each other.", Quotation from Chairman Mao, illustration, People's Republic of China, 1970 -- Daily LIFT #2033

Cover of the 1972 book On the Long March with Chairman Mao by Chen Chang-Feng -- Daily LIFT #2025