That Face

Posted on January 14, 2019 by smkelly8

An angelic, inspirational art from the 1950s, when times were tough in China.

CDP Theme Day: Teach

Posted on September 1, 2018 by smkelly8

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As students in the northern hemisphere head back to school, the City Daily Photo September theme is aptly teach.

To see more teaching posts, click here.

Propaganda Poster

Posted on March 9, 2018 by smkelly8

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Honoring work of many sorts.

Signs

Posted on February 14, 2017 by smkelly8

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These signs are around Beijing’s neighborhoods.

Another Worker

Posted on December 4, 2014 by smkelly8

Im rather smitten with these cheery worker propaganda posters from China. This was at the National Art Museum of China.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Summer Lovin’

Posted on July 26, 2014 by smkelly8

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1. Each week, we’ll provide a theme for creative inspiration. You take photographs based on your interpretation of the theme, and post them on your blog (a new post!) anytime before the following Friday when the next photo theme will be annuonced. 2. To make it easy for others to check out your photos, title your blog post “Weekly Photo Challenge: (theme of the week)” and be sure to use the “postaday″ tag. 3. Follow The Daily Post so that you don’t miss out on weekly challenge announcements, and subscribe to our newsletter – we’ll highlight great photos from each month’s most popular challenge.

Other great photos:

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China Dream #1

Posted on November 6, 2013 by smkelly8

All over the city there are new “China Dream” posters using folk art and ancient images. They’re supporting Xi, the new premier’s, “China Dream” campaign. This article in New York Books explains now the posters aim to get people to adopt the lifestyles of their ancestors.

Old Dreams for a New China (nybooks.com)
China’s dream with a stripe of green – Janet Carmosky (chinaherald.net)
“[T]he old posters touted Communist values, the new ones largely replace them with pre-Communist Chinese traditions…” (althouse.blogspot.com)
The New Face Of Chinese Propaganda (dish.andrewsullivan.com)
Xi Jinping’s “China Dream” is not a Confucian Dream (uselesstree.typepad.com)

Girl with Books

Posted on October 18, 2013 by smkelly8

I’m not sure what this poster says, but to me it says,
Read!”

Weekly Photo Challenge: Fresh

Posted on July 20, 2013 by smkelly8

1. Each week, we’ll provide a theme for creative inspiration. You take photographs based on your interpretation of the theme, and post them on your blog anytime before the following Friday when the next photo theme will be announced.

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