"Que un país tan grande puede ser tan oprimido, son muchas las personas que han sufrido, me hace enfadar inmensamente ", dice Liu Heung Shing, Premio Pulitzer-fotoperiodista ganador cuyo nuevo libro, "China, Retrato de un País" estará este verano en una edición multibilingüe (Alemán, Inglés y francés). "Naturalmente, Mao está detrás de esto, pero la gente también siguió sus órdenes sin hacer preguntas"
Chairman in a robe: On May 31, 1956, Mao Zedong took his first ritual swim in the Yangtze River.
Schoolchildren shouldering wooden bayonets take part in the National Day parade in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, in 1966. The Cultural Revolution had just begun.
Cuando Mao inició la Revolución Cultural, su esposa Jiang Qing, una ex actriz, asumió el papel de zar cultural. Ella prohibió todo, pero en Pekín habían cinco óperas, dos ballets modernos revolucionarios, y una sinfonía. Las ocho piezas fueron filmadas más tarde - para proporcionar a toda la población china su único entretenimiento oficialmente permitidos.
When Mao launched the Cultural Revolution, his wife Jiang Qing, a former actress, assumed the role of cultural czar. She banned all but five Beijing operas, two revolutionary modern ballets, and one symphony. All eight pieces were later filmed -- to provide the entire Chinese population with its only officially sanctioned entertainment.
Mariscal Ye Jianying tiene en la playa, en un resort en la provincia de Hainan. Desempeño un papel clave en la detención de la "banda de los cuatro", que efectivamente puso fin al caos de la Revolución Cultural. Parecen esos pañales desechables que usan para las personas de la tercera edad.
Marshal Ye Jianying holds court on the beach at a resort in Hainan province. Ye played a key role in arresting the "Gang of Four," which effectively ended the chaos of the Cultural Revolution.
Deng Xiaoping, que recientemente se ha reinstalado como primer vicepresidente, se sienta a la izquierda del Presidente Mao en el estudio, en 1974. A la derecha de Mao con jefe de cuerpo de guardia, Huang Dongxing, y detrás está el grupo de Mao d sul staff personal..
Deng Xiaoping, who has recently been reinstated as vice premier, sits to the left of Chairman Mao in Mao's study, in 1974. To the right of Mao is his chief body guard, Huang Dongxing, and behind the group stands Mao's personal staff.
Dos adolescentes chinos que son miembros de los Jóvenes Pioneros realizan una dramatización de denuncia, en el recién estrenado Desgraciados de Señora Mao en Shangai. Tras la muerte del presidente Mao en octubre de 1976, los llamados "Banda de los Cuatro" La Señora Mao encabezaba la banda cuando fueron detenidos. Ella fue detenidaen 1981 y condenada a pena de muerte con un período de dos años de gracia. Murió en 1991.
Two Chinese teenagers who are members of the Young Pioneers perform in a skit to denounce the newly disgraced Madam Mao in Shanghai. Following the death of Chairman Mao in October 1976, the so-called "Gang of Four" headed by Madam Mao were arrested. She was brought to trail in 1981 and sentenced to death penalty with a two year reprieve. She died in 1991.
Chinese rickshaw drivers and local residents move two people wounded during government crackdown on the students in Tiananmen Square in June 1989.
Una pareja de jóvenes el 5 de junio de 1989, espera bajo un puente a las afueras de Pekín de la zona diplomática. La ley marcial había estado en vigor desde finales de mayo. Esta foto me impresiono.
A young couple on June 5, 1989, waits under a bridge on the edge of Beijing's diplomatic area as tanks roll overhead. Martial law had been in place since the end of May.
Shanghai's famed Xiangyang market, prior to its closure in June 2006 to make way for new development amidst soaring property prices across China, but especially in Shanghai.
In October 2005, China launched its first manned spacecraft from the Gobi Desert.
Pu Jie, the younger brother of the last emperor of China, smiles in front of his former home in the Forbidden City. Liu Heung Shing, editor of a new photo book, took this picture.
Chinese workers plying their trade in the upper reaches of the Yangtse River, here pulling a boat upstream. They are naked to protect the few clothes they possess.
China's first millionaire, Li Xiaohua, a former Red Guard sent to the countryside during the cultural revolution, lies on the hood of his new Mercedes-Benz.
In the trend towards art photography that gathered momentum in the early 2000s, incongruity is all the rage. Here, a child is dressed in the ornate costume of Beijing opera performer, beneath an oversized head piece.