Xinhua Bookstore (sold) (新华书店)
Xinhua Bookstore (新华书店; 1937 - Present) is the largest and only nation-wide bookstore chain in China. It was founded in 1937 in Yan'an as Guanghua Bookstore under the Propaganda Department of the Communist Party of China. Its name changed in 1942. Chairman Mao Zedong made the four Chinese letter logo in brush writing in 1948. The operation was divided into the People's Publishing House, Xinhua Publishing Plant, and Xinhua Bookstore at the First All-China Publishing Administration Conference in 1951. The chain was reorganized in 2003, falling under control of the China Publishing Group. Xinhua Bookstore has overseas subsidiaries in London, New York City, San Diego, and Manila.
AKA: 新华书店
China on the eve of the Cultural Revolution.
This is a rare 1966 second edition of the China Cartographic Publishing House's 1965 map of the People's Republic of China. It was published on the eve of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, one of the most consequential events in modern Chinese history. (more details)
Mao's support of African American civil rights.
A fascinating example of transnational persuasive cartography from the Cold War era, this is a Chinese propaganda piece touting support for the American Civil Rights Movement in the wake of Martin Luther King's 1968 assassination. The lettersheet was issued following the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. on April 4 of that year. Directed at a domestic audience, it reflects the wider political and geopolitical context in which it was produced. (more details)
One of the Cold War's Most Curious Alliances.
An interesting piece of Cold War persuasive cartography, this Chinese-language map of Albania was produced in 1968 by the China Cartographic Publishing House. It is a relic of the oddly bizarrely close Cold War alliance between Mao Zedong's People's Republic of China and Enver Hoxha's People's Republic of Albania. (more details)
Communist Chinese propaganda after the Tet Offensive.
This is a 1968 Communist Chinese propaganda map of Vietnam published weeks after the Viet Cong launched the Tet Offensive, one of the most dramatic turning points of the Vietnam War. Maps of Vietnam are printed on both sides of the sheet, each focusing on different aspects of the war. (more details)
Communist Chinese propaganda published weeks after the Tet Offensive.
This is a 1968 Communist Chinese propaganda poster map of Vietnam published weeks after the Viet Cong launched the Tet Offensive, one of the most dramatic turning points of the Vietnam War. Maps of Vietnam are printed on both sides of the sheet, each focusing on different aspects of the war. (more details)
Chinese Mao Zedong propaganda celebrating the French student strike and general strike of May 68.
法国人民革命斗争示意图 / Sketch of the Revolutionary Struggle of the French People. 法国地图 / Map of France.
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This is a May 1968 Communist Chinese propaganda broadside map of France, celebrating the 'May 68' French student and general strikes. Published by the Xinhua Bookstore, maps of France are printed on both sides. A map with icons celebrating the students and workers striking throughout France appears on one side. The worker and the student are illustrated arm in arm; icons of trains, ships, and airplanes allude to the complete standstill imposed upon France's transportation network by the strikes. A proclamation attributed to Mao Zedong and accompanied by his portrait is emblazoned across the top and declares the 'awakening' of the proletariat and workers worldwide alongside the imminent demise of U.S. imperialism and other 'pests.' The broadside then goes on to detail how the French 'have set off a huge storm of revolutionary struggle' and that 'more than 10 million workers have launched a strike that shocked the capitalist world.' An inset on the left situates France in Europe, providing its Chinese audience with some idea of where this struggle is taking place. The map of France on the verso details the French railway system, and another quotation from Mao predicts the imminent collapse of colonialism, imperialism, and all exploitation systems. (more details)
Chinese Mao Zedong propaganda celebrating the French student strike and general strike of May 68.
法国人民革命斗争示意图 / Sketch of the Revolutionary Struggle of the French People. 法国地图 / Map of France.
sold
This is a May 1968 Communist Chinese propaganda broadside map of France, celebrating the 'May 68' French student and general strikes. Published by the Xinhua Bookstore, maps of France are printed on both sides. A map with icons celebrating the students and workers striking throughout France appears on one side. The worker and the student are illustrated arm in arm; icons of trains, ships, and airplanes allude to the complete standstill imposed upon France's transportation network by the strikes. A proclamation attributed to Mao Zedong and accompanied by his portrait is emblazoned across the top and declares the 'awakening' of the proletariat and workers worldwide alongside the imminent demise of U.S. imperialism and other 'pests.' The broadside then goes on to detail how the French 'have set off a huge storm of revolutionary struggle' and that 'more than 10 million workers have launched a strike that shocked the capitalist world.' An inset on the left situates France in Europe, providing its Chinese audience with some idea of where this struggle is taking place. The map of France on the verso details the French railway system, and another quotation from Mao predicts the imminent collapse of colonialism, imperialism, and all exploitation systems. (more details)