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15 Beautiful, Tragic Chinese Propaganda Posters
buzzfeed.com 2 weeks, 2 days agoCrammed with abundant foodstuffs, these posters were meant to celebrate the Communist economy. The posters all come from the period between 1958 and 1961, when roughly 45 million people were starved, beaten or worked to death in China as part of Mao Zedong's “Great Leap Forward.” "Crossing the Yellow River while sitting in a peanut" (1958) "Production of grains was like rockets shooting into the sky." (1958) I think this really means aliens stole their grain. "The future of the rural village." (1958) "Futur
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Texas Monthly: Lama Lobtsul Makes Austin A Buddhist Destination
nytimes.com 1 month agoThe Buddhist center Palri Pema Od Ling, in a residential Austin neighborhood, is known for its rare statue of Guru Rinpoche and for its new resident, Lama Lobtsul, who studied with the Dalai Lama.


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