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Portrait of Mao Zedong from propaganda poster

Mao, Zedong

1893- 1976

Portrait of Mao Zedong on Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, China, 1972.

East Asia

China

Soviet soldier taking a photograph of another soldier in Red Square, Moscow, 1959

Eastern Europe

Soviet Union

Sino-Soviet Relations

Portrait of Mao Zedong from propaganda poster

Long Live Mao Zedong Thought (1968)

Photograph of Zhou Enlai in 1972.

Zhou, Enlai

1898- 1976

Aerial view of National Mall

North America

United States

Sino-Soviet Alliance, 1950-1959

Trade agreement between European Economic Community and China

China-Europe Relations

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Eastern Europe

Albania

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Shi, Zhe

1905- 1998

Photograph of a US POW during the Vietnam War.

Vietnam War

Presidential Office Building of Taiwan

East Asia

Taiwan

The Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi, Vietnam, 2012.

Southeast Asia

Vietnam

Official Chinese Communist Party portrait of Liu Shaoqi.

Liu, Shaoqi

1898- 1969

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Wang, Ming

1904- 1974

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Stalin, Joseph

1879- 1953

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August 3, 1965	Conversation from [Mao Zedong's] Audience with the French Minister of [Cultural] Affairs, [Georges André] Malraux Mao and Malraux discuss a variety of topics, ranging from the Chinese revolution to American aggression in Vietnam and Soviet revisionism.
July 27, 1965	Conversation from [Mao Zedong's] Audience with Li Zongren and His Wife Mao welcomes Li Zongren, a former Nationalist military commander and warlord, back to China after his time of exile overseas in the United States.
March 24, 1965	Conversation from [Mao Zedong's] Audience with a Delegation from the Palestine Liberation Organization Mao shares his views on education with a delegation from the PLO, emphasizing that soldiers should learn on the battlefield instead of in class.
January 27, 1965	Conversation from [Mao Zedong's] Audience with Subandrio [then Foreign Minister of Indonesia] Mao shares his views on education with Subandrio, arguing that students, particularly those in military schools, should study less and learn more from experience.
January 9, 1965	[Mao Zedong's] Conversation with American Journalist [Edgar] Snow This is a Chinese translation of an article that Edgar Snow wrote after he met with Mao for four hours. Topics that they touched on included: anti-imperialism around the world, the National Liberation Front in South Vietnam, the possibility of normalizing Sino-US relations, the atomic bomb, and Khrushchev.
December 25, 1964	Conversation from [Mao Zedong's] Audience with Asian and African Authors Who Attended "the Asian and African Literary Exchange Forum" (Excerpt) Mao recognizes that Asian and African authors should accept positive aspects of their ancient and classical heritages and reject negative ones. But he also emphasizes that they should unite with the masses to defeat imperialism and revisionism.
October 29, 1964	Conversation from [Mao Zedong's] Audience with a Women's Delegation from South West Africa Mao invites the delegation of women from South West Africa (now Namibia) to teach Chinese children and youth about the oppression that they have faced under imperialism and capitalism.
October 16, 1964	Record of Conversation from [Mao Zedong's] Audience with a Cuban [Communist] Party and Government Delegation (Excerpt) Mao emphasizes that the Cubans should not allow the bourgeoisie to control their culture, art, and academics.
September 20, 1964	Remarks from [Mao Zedong's] Audience with an Economic Delegation from the Government of Algeria Along with discussing other issues, Mao reminds Algerian government officials that they will need the support of ordinary people to develop their new country and consolidate political power.
September 10, 1964	Conversation from [Mao Zedong's] Audience with the Supervisor of an Exhibition on French Technology and the French Ambassador to China (Excerpt) Lucien Paye and the supervisor of an exhibit on French technology praise Chinese university students for their enthusiasm and socialized thinking. Mao reacts with skepticism.