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Propaganda posters in China praise Mao and mass mobilization
Barbara W. Tuchman reports on Chinese outdoor posters that exalt triumph and Mao, depicting a heroic proletarian image while erasing pre-1949 history. The piece notes the mass as the central audience, the flat, uniform messaging, and the claim that blank pages hold potential for beauty in public rhetoric.
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Barbara W. Tuchman
Associated Press
China
America
Mao
the &H
Stalin
Chiang Kai-shek
Mao Tse-tung