2007-12-09

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Due to the enormous visual impact these posters have even today. Moreover, in a society that has been changing as fundamentally as the Chinese since 1949, propaganda posters enable us to witness these historic and aesthetic changes from up close. The first 50 years of the People's Republic have left us with a body of materials that give an idea of how China saw itself, and its future, over the years. By showing a breathtaking glimpse of the way in which the country has developed over the past 50 years, these materials provide an illustrated history of modern China in a nutshell.

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