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Xin Zhongguo de ertong (Children of New China)

Title: Xin Zhongguo de ertong (Children of New China)
Artist: Unknown
Created: c. 1950
Media: nianhua (New Year print); ink on paper
Source: Dazhong Meishu Chubanshe
Notes:

No artist is credited in what appears to be a Korean War-era New Year print. Children representing the various arms of the Chinese military, as well as peasants and workers, join forces in driving Chiang Kai-shek and a Macarthuresque American into the sea beyond Taiwan. Note the colour of Chiang's skin, the almost skeletal qualities of his facial features, the inclusion of a plaster on his temple, and his twisted dagger.

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Courtesy of the Shanghai Propaganda Poster Art Centre