Photos
The "Little Red Book" that everyone in China was required to have. It contains quotes essential to a communist lifestyle from Mao Tse-Tung.
(Tim Whitaker)
(Tim Whitaker)
Legal and Government Images
Postage stamp of Chairman Mao and Joseph Stalin,
General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1978-1953).
(Galen Dodd)
General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1978-1953).
(Galen Dodd)
Currency from the Chinese Cultural Revolution.
Depicted as "Celebrating youth, uniformity, and productivity."
(Galen Dodd)
Depicted as "Celebrating youth, uniformity, and productivity."
(Galen Dodd)
Stamps
Stamps depicting Chairman Mao were commonly used during the revolution. These stamps showed your support of Communism, which often lessened the risk of being suspected as a anticommunist.
(Jessica Luo)
(Jessica Luo)
Young Jiang Ji Li
Jiang Ji Li as a child, living through the revolution. She wears a red scarf (hong ling jing) that good students were supposed to wear.
(Jessica Luo)
(Jessica Luo)
Older Jiang Ji Li
Jiang Ji Li as an adult. (She is still alive and well.) Jiang Ji Li commonly travels to different schools and such to make presentations, and discuss her book.
(Jessica Luo)
(Jessica Luo)
