AN Illustrated History of the Communist Party of China-china.org.cn

A translation of Manifesto of the Communist Party was published in Shanghai.

Eighth Route Army soldiers celebrating victory on the Great Wall.

Mao Zedong went to Chongqing to talk with the Kuomintang government.

Private handicraftsmen turned to the socialist path by way of cooperatives.

Workers of the Daqing Oilfield at work.

A village-level organization signing a contract with peasants.

The Chinese people would not allow the invading foreign forces to play the tyrant within Chinese territory. On April 20, 1949, PLA troops bombarded a British warship that had forced its way up the Yangtze River. Shown here is the damaged British warship, H.M.S. Purple Quartz.