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Huocu Jiang Jieshi (Take Chiang Kai-shek alive)

Title: Huocu Jiang Jieshi (Take Chiang Kai-shek alive)
Artist: Unknown
Created: c. 1947
Media: handbill
Source: Courtesy of the Shanghai Propaganda Poster Art Centre
Notes:

In this typical Civil War-era image, a child's game involving abuse of a monkey wearing a Chiang Kai-shek mask is depicted. The phrase 'take Chiang Kai-shek alive' was used as the title to a number of Civil War-era cultural products, including plays and visual images.