Learning From Tachai In Rural China

Learning From Tachai in Rural China (1975) – Foreign Languages Press
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Straight from the propaganda presses of Maoist China comes this gloriously earnest slice of socialist realism. Learning From Tachai in Rural China (1975) chronicles the agricultural triumphs of the Tachai brigade—heroic peasants who, according to the Party, turned barren hillsides into golden fields armed only with shovels, slogans, and sheer revolutionary willpower.

Published by Foreign Languages Press (a.k.a. the PRC’s answer to Reader’s Digest), this slim volume is heavy on collectivist spirit, model citizens, and suspiciously perfect harvests. Ideal for Cold War historians, Mao-era kitsch collectors, or anyone who enjoys straight-faced utopianism with their morning tea.

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Loads of pictures of happy Chinese people hard at work serviing their country and their great leader Chairman Mao who is pictured on the fisrt page greeting a happy Chinese person.

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