Topic6-Propaganda of China ?Speeches, Posters, Pamphlets etc

Group 5_1o4

A introduction of the great leaderA introduction of the great leaderof the people’s republic of china.of the people’s republic of china.

Mao zedong-Mao zedong-

A chinese revolutionary,A chinese revolutionary,

political theorist and political theorist and

communist leader. He was thecommunist leader. He was the

leader of leader of

Communist Party of ChinaCommunist Party of China . .

Mao zedong started a cultural revolution Mao zedong started a cultural revolution during 1966.during 1966.

Cultural RevolutionCultural Revolution

Cultural Revolution is used to purge capitalist Cultural Revolution is used to purge capitalist thought from the country.thought from the country.

During the Cultural Revolution, PRC propaganda During the Cultural Revolution, PRC propaganda was crucial to the formation and promotion of the was crucial to the formation and promotion of the cult of personality centered around Chairman Mao cult of personality centered around Chairman Mao Zedong, as well as mobilizing popular participation Zedong, as well as mobilizing popular participation in national campaigns. Past propaganda also in national campaigns. Past propaganda also encouraged the Chinese people to emulate encouraged the Chinese people to emulate government approved model workers and soldiers, government approved model workers and soldiers, such as Lei Feng, Chinese Civil War hero Dong such as Lei Feng, Chinese Civil War hero Dong Cunrui, Korean War hero Yang Gensi, and Dr. Cunrui, Korean War hero Yang Gensi, and Dr. Norman Bethune, a Canadian doctor who assisted Norman Bethune, a Canadian doctor who assisted the Communist Eighth Route Army during the the Communist Eighth Route Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War. It also praised Third Second Sino-Japanese War. It also praised Third World revolutionaries and close foreign allies such World revolutionaries and close foreign allies such as Albania and North Korea while vilifying both the as Albania and North Korea while vilifying both the American "imperialists" and the Soviet American "imperialists" and the Soviet "revisionists" (the latter of whom was seen as "revisionists" (the latter of whom was seen as having betrayed Marxism-Leninism).having betrayed Marxism-Leninism).

The Korea war The Korea war hero hero Huang Huang JiguangJiguang

Lei Feng,Lei Feng,And learning leifengAnd learning leifengposterposter

*Aspects of propaganda can be traced back to the earliest period of Chinese history, but propaganda has been most effective in the twentieth century owing to mass media and an authoritarian government.

* Mao-era China is known for its constant use of mass campaigns to legitimize the state and the policies of leaders.

Propaganda In ChinaPropaganda In China

The Propaganda in the People's The Propaganda in the People's Republic of China.Republic of China.

How does the propaganda system in China works?

The goverment of each province in China will give the speeches to leadersof the villages, factories…… The leaders of each village or factory will thenpass down the massages to each of the workers or people in the village bygiving out posters speeches or pamphlets.

Chairman

GovermentOf

Fujian

GovermentOf

Beijing

GovermentOf

Qingdao

Villages Factories

Villagers Workers

Factories Villages

Chinese Propagandists used every possible means of communication available in China after 1949,including electronic media such as:

*Film and television, educational curriculum and research

Print media such as:

Newspapers and posters, cultural arts such as plays and music, oral media such as memorizing Mao quotes, as well as thought reform and political study classes.

*Following the death of Mao in 1976, propaganda was used to blacken the character of the Gang of Four, which was blamed for the excesses of the Cultural Revolution. During the era of economic reform and modernization that was initiated by Deng Xiaoping, propaganda promoting "socialism with Chinese characteristics" was distributed.The events of the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 were an indication to many elders in the CCP that liberalization in the propaganda sector had gone too far, and that the Party must re-establish its control over ideology and the propaganda system

Propaganda at post Mao-era

Gang of 4

Famous propaganda works Novel"Red Crag" ( 红岩 ), a famous 1961 Chinese novel featuring underground communist agents fighting an espionage battle against the Kuomintang.

SculptureRent Collection Courtyard ( 收租院 ), a 1965 sculpture depicting former landlord Liu Wencai as an evil landlord collecting rent from poor, although this depiction has been disputed by modern accounts.

Films and PlaysBattle on Shangganling Mountain, a 1956 Chinese war film also known as Shangganling Battle (Chinese: 上甘岭战役 ), depicting the Battle of Triangle Hill during the Korean War.The Eight model plays ( 八个样板戏 ), revolutionary themed operas and ballets, were the only ones allowed to be performed during the Cultural Revolution.[38]

Hwa Chong InstitutionSecondary One Language ArtsHome-Based Learning: 24 Jan 2011Name: linzhicheng(11) Class: 1ortus4 Group/Topic:group 5/topic 6

KWhat I know

WWhat I want to know

LWhat I learned

I know that during the cultural revolution. The leader Mao zedong use Propaganda in china to let thepeople in china to follow his thought in order to work as one nation.

I want to learn about how does the propaganda in china works. Its was pass down from who to who and whythe people in china need a propaganda system.

I learnt that propaganda is very important in china.During the cultural revolution period.Chairman Mao use this to inform the people in china to work as one.

What I know What I want to know What I learned

I know that propaganda is a form of communication aimed to influence peoples attitude towards something,so I think it is lilke promoting communism during the mao-era.

I want to know more about the propaganda during the Mao-era

I learnt more about the propagenda in China,how its system works and about communism in China.

Hwa Chong InstitutionSecondary One Language ArtsHome-Based Learning: 24 Jan 2011Name: chua ziheng() Class: 1ortus4 Group/Topic:group 5/topic 6

Hwa Chong InstitutionSecondary One Language ArtsHome-Based Learning: 24 Jan 2011Name: TanJiongHan Class:1O4 Group/Topic:5/Propaganda of China – Speeches, Posters, Pamphlets etc.

KWhat I know

WWhat I want to know

LWhat I learned

It is the information, ideas or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm china.

Know specifically more about the propaganda of China and its history.What exactly are the events that had happened during the propaganda of China.

Mao Zedong was the leader of the communist party of China. Mao died in 1976 and there was a gang of four formed which was blamed for the excesses of the Cultural Revolution. Events of the Tiananmen square protests of 1989 were an indication to many elders in the CCP that liberalization in the propaganda sector had gone too far too.