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China as paradise (1972-1976)

The chaos of the civil war is hidden behind the optimistic images of the early 1970s. They create the impression that China is a paradise, where abundance reigns and everyone is happy. Behind the scenes, the struggle for political power continues. But - with a few exceptions - the mass campaigns are over. Cautiously, the first luxury consumer goods are introduced. The first televisions appear on the Chinese market.

The brigade's ducks

The commune's fishpond

Unite to achieve an even greater victory!

The factory is small, the aspirations high, striving to make great contributions


Carry out birth planning for the revolution

After the bumper harvest

The situation is gratifying

The red electromagnetic wave brings good news


The construction of the bridge over the Long River at Nanjing is a great victory of Mao Zedong Thought!

The production brigade's reading room

Study well and grasp the theory of the dictatorship of the proletariat

Our brigade leader


We must grasp revolution and increase production, increase work, increase preparation for struggle, to do an even better job

Herdspeople love to read books by Lenin and Marx

Four not-having-to-bend scrolls (1, 2)

Four not-having-to-bend scrolls (3, 4)


A spring breeze in a snowy night

A new scene in Xiangyangyuan

Deepen the criticism of Deng Xiaoping, strike against the right deviationist wind of reversing verdicts


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