Chairman Mao Zedong Badges & Ephemera

Well, I did it again. I picked up another Cultural Revolution-era EP from eBay, this time a nifty little piece of Tibetan pro-China propaganda called A Pure and White Hata for Chairman Mao (larger image here). It’s not particularly subtle propaganda either — check out these song titles:

“The Liberation Army and the Tibetan People are […]

Online auction sites can be dangerous for compulsive collectors, and that’s why I try to stay away as much as possible. That danger has been particularly apparent since I discovered a woman in Hong Kong who’s selling Cultural Revolution-era LPs and 10″ EPs online. No, I’m not going to link to her store — a […]

Stefan Landsberger — lecturer in contemporary Chinese History at Leiden University and editor of the semi-annual journal China Information — has assembled a collection of over 1500 Chinese propaganda posters, many of which he’s scanned and put online at his Chinese Propaganda Poster Pages site. Landsberger is a recognized authority on the subject of Chinese […]

I’m happy to announce a new gallery of images from mid-60s issues of China Reconstructs magazines. I scanned these images back in 1995 when I was a graduate student, but was never able to get them posted to the site. Fortunately, all the work I’ve put into the redesign has motivated me to finish the […]

I’ve had Chinese Propaganda Posters: From the Collection of Michael Wolf on my Amazon.com Wish List for a while now but never got around to posting about it. At 319 pages, it looks like an indispensable resource for anyone who’s serious about collecting Mao ephemera. An excerpt can be found on the publisher’s site, as […]