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Guo Gong hezu de zhengfu kuimie le (The CCP-KMT United Front has crumbled)

Title: Guo Gong hezu de zhengfu kuimie le (The CCP-KMT United Front has crumbled)
Artist: Unknown
Created: c. 1937-8
Media: leaflet (ink on paper)
Source: Hoover Institution Archives. 48005. David D. Barrett Papers, China misc.
Notes:

Liang Hongzhi, head of the Reformed Government of the Republic of China (left) shakes hand with Wang Kemin, head of the Provisional Government of the Republic of China as Stalin and Chiang Kai-shek perish. Note references to Chiang's facial features (e.g., protruding chin, facial hair) despite the fact that the rest of his body has been reduced to a skeleton. Note also the head injury, which was a common feature of anti-Chiang propaganda during the war.