Source 1 : Boat of the First CCP Congress in 1921
After the first congress of the Chinese Communist Party was raided by French Concession Police, delegates rented a tourist boat to carry on their deliberations. The boat is now a designated site of pilgrimage due to its historic role in the revolution, dubbed the 'Red Boat.' Recently, Chinese Premier Xi Jinping, upon visiting the site, called for the adoption of a 'Red Boat Spirit' alluding to the pioneering thought and courageousness of the CCP delegates in 1921.
Anon.
China Daily
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012cpc/2011-07/29/content_15842199_16.htm
Source 2: John Montgomery (1927) Workers Militia Marching in Shanghai (Photograph)
CCP in Shanghai
Communist forces gained control of Shanghai in early 1927 mounting insurrections against powerful warlords under the instructions of Comintern. Implementing policies designed to attract the masses, worker's militias were formed which went on strike demanding wage increases, limitations on work hours, and generally more humane working conditions. Sensing their hold on the city, Chiang ordered the brutal massacre of Communist supporters such as these workers.
John Montgomery
Historical Photographs of China, Bristol
https://www.hpcbristol.net/visual/jm01-068
Source 3 Preface to Fundamental Laws of the Chinese Soviet Republic
Jiangxi Soviet
The Jiangxi Soviet was the first time that the CCP governed a sizeable area of China. As such, they created a constitution by which all inhabitants were compelled to abide. Familiar policies implemented after the Civil War such as Land Reform and high tax on the rich are enshrined in this document.
Chinese Communist Party
https://www.marxists.org/archive/kun-bela/assorted/1934/china.htm
Source 4: Map of the Long March
The Long March
This map traces the year-long Communist exodus from Jiangxi to Yan'an highlighting important events along the way, in particular the Zunyi conference where Mao regained leadership of the party, advocating guerrilla warfare as the only viable technique to combat the Nationalists.
China Sage
https://www.chinasage.info/the-long-march.htm
Source 5: Evelyn Thomas (1936) Mao’s former cave home in Bao’an (Photograph)
Bao'an
This cave in Bao'an is the site where Mao Zedong met with American journalist Edgar Snow, giving the western world their first insight into the future leader of the Chinese Communist Party. Snow provided a flattering portrayal of Mao, noting his voracious reading of theoretical texts and spartan existence.
Evelyn Thomas
S. Bernard Thomas (1996) Season of High Adventure
Edgar Snow in China University of California Press Open Access
https://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/view?docId=ft9p30098q&chunk.id=d0e3996&toc.depth=1&toc.id=d0e3990&brand=ucpress
Source 6 Anon (1948) Civil War Huaihai campaign (Photograph)
This photograph depicts action during the most decisive military campaign of the Chinese Civil War with over half a million Nationalist troops defeated.
Anon.
china.org.cn
http://www.china.org.cn/china/18th_cpc_congress/2012-11/06/content_26757496.htm
Source 7: The Common Program
The Common Program formed an initial constitution for the PRC, enforced a month before Mao officially declared its founding. The text encodes several policies which would later be implemented over the first few years of the People's Republic such as the collectivisation of agriculture and a state-owned economy.
Chinese Communist Party
http://www.commonprogram.science/documents/THE%20COMMON%20PROGRAM.pdf
http://www.commonprogram.science
Source 8: Anon (1961) American Cartoon on the Great Leap Forward
This cartoon parodies the disastrous policy of the collectivisation of agriculture and the idea of a state-owned economy by suggesting the only personal entitlement peasants are allowed in the People's Republic is their own private coffin as victims of famine.
everydaylifeinmaoistchina.org
https://everydaylifeinmaoistchina.org/2016/03/25/american-cartoon-on-the-great-leap-forward-from-1961/
Source 9: Anon. Making Little Red Books during the Cultural Revolution
Mao's Little Red Book
During the Cultural Revolution, Mao disseminated a cult of personality best encapsulated by the publication of his 'Little Red Book' of quotations. This photograph depicts factory workers mass-producing the text. By 1970, 8 million copies of the text had been printed and the CCP's stated goal was for 99% of the Chinese Population to read the book.
Anon.
everydaylifeinmaoistchina.org
https://everydaylifeinmaoistchina.org/2016/10/16/making-little-red-books-during-the-cultural-revolution/