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John Schurrer, MA Student, Center for Chinese Studies
Contradictions
People’s Square, Chengdu, Sichuan. 1998
Neon advertisements surround the founder of Communist China, Chairman Mao, as he gazes over a rapidly developing Chengdu and towers above a banner that simultaneously promotes capitalism and socialism. These strange bedfellows perfectly encapsulate the contradictions between China’s past and present during this era of change. This image embodies Socialism with Chinese Characteristics.