Lasting roughly from 1966 to 1976, the Cultural Revolution was a period of enormous ... and models of behavior was propaganda art. Vivid posters were created to inspire citizens to put forth ...

On May 16, 1966, Mao Zedong issued the first ideological salvo of the Cultural Revolution ... with Mao personally writing a big-character poster entitled “Bombard the Headquarters” calling ...

This year the focus is on the Chinese Cultural Revolution (1966-1976). There will be film screenings, an exhibition of posters, seminars and book signings for The Chinese Cultural Revolution.

author of "The Cultural Revolution: A People's History 1962-1976," wrote in an e-mail exchange. "As a result, cult objects, in particular, photos, portraits, posters and books with an image of Mao ...

When Nie Yuanzi put up a vitriolic wall poster one day in 1966, she plunged into the political maelstrom of Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution. For the rest of her life, Ms. Nie wrestled with the ...

I selected Chinese Cultural Revolution-era Propaganda Posters. The Museum has about 15 posters in their collection and what compelled me to choose them was their use of color. Most of the Museum’s ...

Mao kicked off the Cultural Revolution at Beijing University, one of China’s most prestigious colleges. Students answered Mao’s call by blanketing their campus with huge character posters and by ...

Song Binbin, who has died, probably aged 77, became a poster girl for the bloody Chinese “Cultural Revolution” when on August 18 1966 she was photographed overlooking an immense rally in ...

Documents of the period that might tarnish the CCP remain unavailable; any attempts to interrogate the Cultural Revolution are condemned as ‘historical nihilism’ by the party. Image — Chinese youths ...