1974 photograph of the meeting hall where the 7th National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held between April and June,...

Chairman Mao in Yenan, woodcut, Ku Yuan, People's Republic of China 1951 -- Daily LIFT #973

Today, in honour of the 102nd anniversary of the formation of the Communist Party of China, we share this early history of the party from...

Mao and the New China, poster, People's Republic of China 1952 -- Daily LIFT #972

Chairman Mao portrait, People's Republic of China, 1951 -- Daily LIFT #969

Mao organizing a Marxist study group in Hunan Province before the Revolution, painting Ai Chung-hsin, People's Republic of China -- Daily...

Chairman Mao casts his ballot in the elections for People's Deputies, People's Republic of China, 1953 -- Daily LIFT #962

Chairman Mao inspecting the Yellow River, 1952 -- Daily LIFT #960

Mao photo, 1969 -- Daily LIFT #956 The force at the core leading our cause forward is the Chinese Communist Party. The theoretical basis...

On May 23, 1942, Mao gave his famous and ideologically significant concluding thoughts on the role of revolutionary literature and art at...

In May, 1972, in the magazine China Reconstructs photographer Wu Yin-hsien told the story of how he came to take the iconic photo of Dr....

Chairman Mao making the "Get Organized" speech to a rally for labour heroes, 1943 -- Daily LIFT #941

Chairman Mao reviews the parade in Beijing on International Labour Day, standing beside him are two members of the Chinese Young...

The south Vietnamese army and civilians, after fighting long and valiantly, have thoroughly crushed the puppet regime in south Viet Nam...

Chairman Mao at an immense rally in Beijing against US intervention in Vietnam, February 1965 -- Daily LIFT #929 The rally was attended...

On April 16, 1968 Chairman Mao released this stunning and still stirring and important statement in the wake of the brutal murder of...

Chairman Mao making a speech at the plenary session of the Ninth National Congress of the Communist Party of China on April 14, 1969 --...

Chairman Mao photo first published in Peking Review, April 14, 1967 -- Daily LIFT #920 "One of our current important tasks on the...

Mao photo published April 1968 -- Daily LIFT #915 "In the final analysis, national struggle is a matter of class struggle." - Mao

Chairman Mao delivers the opening address to the third session of the First National Committee of the Chinese People's Political...