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 of One Family”
• “The Party’s Policies Shed Their Light Everywhere”
• “The Communist Party Brings the Tibetan People Happiness”
• “Brightly Shines the Thought of Chairman Mao”

As I mentioned in my last post, I’ll try to get samples up when I’m back in the U.S. later this year. Until then, you’ll just have to imagine what a Tibetan folk song called “Thinking of Chairman Mao” sound like.